5: The Book of the Fives
61. Perceptions (1)
- DG BB TBW © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, these five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are of great fruit and benefit, culminating in the deathless, having the deathless as their consummation. What five? The perception of unattractiveness, the perception of death, the perception of danger, the perception of the repulsiveness of food, and the perception of non-delight in the entire world. [n.1066] The perception of unattractiveness (asubhasaññā) is explained at AN10.60 §3; the perception of death, or mindfulness of death (maraṇasaññā, maraṇassati), at AN6.19 –20 and AN8.73 –74; the perception of danger (ādīnavasaññā), at AN10.60 §4; the perception of the repulsiveness of food (āhāre paṭikkūlasaññā), at Vism 341–47, Ppn 11.1–26; and the perception of non-delight in the entire world (sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā), at AN10.60 §8. These five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are of great fruit and benefit, culminating in the deathless, having the deathless as their consummation."
1"Pañcimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā. Katamā pañca? Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā – imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā"ti.
Paṭhamaṁ.
