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The Book of the Sixes
The Book of the Sixes

118(2)Contemplating the Body Internally,Etc.

Author: Bhikkhu Bodhi @ IAPT

118(2)Contemplating the Body Internally,Etc.

"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."Bhikkhus,by having abandoned six things,one is capable of contemplating phenomena in phenomena both internally andexternally.
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."