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Kàyagatàsatisuttaü
The Discourse about Mindfulness related to the Body

The Fifth Charnel Ground

Puna ca paraü, bhikkhave bhikkhu seyyathà pi
Moreover, monks, it's as if a monk

passeyya sarãraü sãvathikàya chaóóitaü,
might see a body thrown into a charnel ground,

aññhisaïkhalikaü apagatamaüsalohitaü nahàrusambandhaü.
a skeleton, no longer having flesh and blood, bound together by tendons.

So imam-eva kàyaü upasaüharati:
He then compares it with his very own body (thinking):

`Ayam-pi kho kàyo evaüdhammo evaübhàvã etaü 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.