The Buddha describes the five perceptions, when developed and cultivated—the perceptions of ugliness, death, drawbacks, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world, these five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, and are very fruitful and beneficial. they have freedom from death as their objective and culmination.”.
“Pañcimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā. Katamā pañca? Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā— imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā”ti.
Paṭhamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Pañcimā, bhikkhave, saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā.
“Mendicants, these five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They have freedom from death as their objective and culmination.
Katamā pañca?
What five?
Asubhasaññā, maraṇasaññā, ādīnavasaññā, āhāre paṭikūlasaññā, sabbaloke anabhiratasaññā—
The perceptions of ugliness, death, drawbacks, repulsiveness of food, and dissatisfaction with the whole world.
imā kho, bhikkhave, pañca saññā bhāvitā bahulīkatā mahapphalā honti mahānisaṁsā amatogadhā amatapariyosānā”ti.
These five perceptions, when developed and cultivated, are very fruitful and beneficial. They have freedom from death as their objective and culmination.”
Paṭhamaṁ.
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