6: The Book of the Sixes
118. Contemplating the Body Internally, Etc.
- fdg sc © Translated from the Pali by Bhikkhu Bodhi (More copyright information)
1"Bhikkhus, without having abandoned six things, one is incapable of contemplating the body in the body internally … externally … both internally and externally … contemplating feelings in feelings … internally … externally … both internally and externally … contemplating mind in mind … internally … externally … both internally and externally … contemplating phenomena in phenomena … internally … externally … both internally and externally. What six? Delight in work, delight in talk, delight in sleep, delight in company, not guarding the doors of the sense faculties, and being immoderate in eating. Without having abandoned these six things, one is incapable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally. "Bhikkhus, by having abandoned six things, one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally. What six? Delight in work … being immoderate in eating. By having abandoned these six things, one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally and externally." |