… Rūpavicāre… saddavicāre… gandhavicāre… rasavicāre… phoṭṭhabbavicāre… dhammavicāre aniccānupassī viharituṁ… dukkhānupassī viharituṁ… anattānupassī viharituṁ… khayānupassī viharituṁ… vayānupassī viharituṁ… virāgānupassī viharituṁ… nirodhānupassī viharituṁ… paṭinissaggānupassī viharituṁ… pe…
The Buddha teaches a repeated simile applying eleven factors of a cowherd to eleven qualities a mendicant needs to meditate on impermanence, suffering, and not-self in the sense bases in this grouped discourse.
AN 11.454–501 Similarity
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
…
…
Rūpavicāre…
“… considerations regarding sights …
saddavicāre…
considerations regarding sounds …
gandhavicāre…
considerations regarding smells …
rasavicāre…
considerations regarding tastes …
phoṭṭhabbavicāre…
considerations regarding touches …
dhammavicāre aniccānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing impermanence in considerations about ideas …
dukkhānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing suffering …
anattānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing not-self …
khayānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing ending …
vayānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing vanishing …
virāgānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing fading away …
nirodhānupassī viharituṁ…
meditate observing cessation …
paṭinissaggānupassī viharituṁ… pe…
meditate observing letting go. …”
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