Iti 85Observing Ugliness
Pāli / Sanskrit:Asubhānupassīsutta
The rewards of focusing on the foulness of the body, of establishing mindfulness of breathing to the fore, and of focusing on the inconstancy of all conditions.
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– So It Was Said 85
The Book of the Threes Chapter Four Observing Ugliness
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, meditate observing the ugliness of the body. Let mindfulness of breathing be well-established internally on the present. Meditate observing the impermanence of all conditions. As you meditate observing the ugliness of the body, you will give up desire for the body. When mindfulness of breathing is well-established internally on the present, there will be no distressing external thoughts or wishes. When you meditate observing the impermanence of all conditions, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises.”
The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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