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Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

  • Aṅguttara Nikāya 10.57  Numbered Discourses 10.57
  • 6. Sacittavagga  6. Your Own Mind

Dutiyasaññāsutta  Perceptions (2nd)

“Dasayimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā.  “Mendicants, these ten perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in freedom from death and end in freedom from death.
Katamā dasa?  What ten?
Aniccasaññā, anattasaññā, maraṇasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā, aṭṭhikasaññā, puḷavakasaññā, vinīlakasaññā, vicchiddakasaññā, uddhumātakasaññā— 
puḷavakasaññā → pulavakasaññā (bj); puḷuvakasaññā (sya-all, mr)
The perceptions of impermanence, not-self, death, repulsiveness of food, dissatisfaction with the whole world, a skeleton, a worm-infested corpse, a livid corpse, a split open corpse, and a bloated corpse.
imā kho, bhikkhave, dasa saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā”ti.  These ten perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They culminate in freedom from death and end in freedom from death.”

Sattamaṁ. 

Pāḷi MS. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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