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Kàyagatàsatisuttaü
The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body
The First Charnel Ground
Puna ca paraü, bhikkhave bhikkhu seyyathà pi
Moreover, monks, it's as if a monk
passeyya sarãraü sãvathikàya PTS: sãvathikàyaü, alternate form of the locative; ChS: sivathikàya, throughout, the etymology is unknown and either form may be correct.1 chaóóitaü,
might see a body thrown into a charnel ground,
ekàhamataü và dvãhamataü và tãhamataü và,
dead for one day, or dead for two days, or dead for three days,
uddhumàtakaü vinãlakaü vipubbakajàtaü.
bloated, discoloured, having become quite rotten.
So imam-eva kàyaü upasaüharati:
He then compares it with his very own body (thinking):
`Ayam-pi kho kàyo evaüdhammo evaübhàvã etaü PTS, Thai: evaü, ChS: evam, throughout; it seems to me that etaü makes more sense here, and evaü is probably a result of regularisation.2 anatãto.' ti
`This body also has such a nature, has such a constitution, has not gone beyond this.'
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Tassa evaü appamattassa àtàpino pahitattassa viharato
For the one who is living heedful, ardent, and resolute in this way
ye gehasità sarasaïkappà te pahãyanti,
whatever rushing thoughts there are dependent on the household life are given up,
tesaü pahànà ajjhattam-eva cittaü santiññhati,
and with the giving up of these the mind becomes internally stable,
sannisãdati ekodi hoti samàdhiyati.
settles down, becomes one-pointed, and concentrated.
Evam-pi bhikkhave bhikkhu kàyagataü satiü bhàveti.
Like this, monks, does a monk develop mindfulness related to the body.