Week Three - Satipatthana Sutta (Exercises 7 & 8)
Exercise 7 | Parts of the Body
Further, the practitioner meditates on his very own body from the soles of the feet upwards and then from the hair on top of the head downwards, a body contained inside the skin and full of all the impurities which belong to the body: 'Here is the hair of the head, the hairs on the body, the nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, bone marrow, kidneys, heart, liver, diaphragm, spleen, lungs, intestines, bowels, excrement, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat, tears, grease, saliva, mucus, synovic fluid, urine.'
Exercise 8 | Body and Universe
Further, in whichever position his body happens to be, the practitioner passes in review th elements which constitute the body: 'In this body is the earth element, the water element, the fire element, and the air element.'
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