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Saṃyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
46. Bojjhanga Saṃyutta
7. Ānāpāna Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
46. Kindred Sayings on the Limbs of Wisdom
7. In-Breathing and Out-Breathing

Sutta 58

Puḷavaka Suttaṃ

Worm-Eaten

Translated by F. L. Woodward

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I. Great the Fruit and Great the Profit

[1] Thus have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"Monks, the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
if cultivated and made much of,
is of great fruit and great profit.

And how cultivated and made much of
is the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
of great fruit and great profit?

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

Thus cultivated, monks,
thus made much of,
the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
is of great fruit and great profit."

 

§

 

II. Realization or No Return

Monks, from the cultivation and making much of the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
of two fruits
one may be looked for
even in this very life,
to wit:
realization,
or, if there be any substrate left,
the state of non-return.

How should it be cultivated, monks,
how should it be made much of
that of two fruits
one may be looked for
even in this very life,
to wit:
realization,
or, if there be any substrate left,
the state of non-return?

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

If the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
be thus cultivated,
thus made much of,
one may look for one of two fruits
even in this very life,
to wit:
realization,
or, if there be any substrate left,
at any rate the state of non-return.

 

§

 

III. Great Benefit

Monks, the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
if cultivated and made much of,
conduces to great benefit.

From the cultivation and making much of
the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
of two fruits
one may be looked for
even in this very life,
to wit:
realization,
or, if there be any substrate left,
the state of non-return.

How should the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
be cultivated, monks,
how should it be made much of
that of two fruits
one may be looked for
even in this very life,
to wit:
realization,
or, if there be any substrate left,
the state of non-return?

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

If the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
be thus cultivated,
thus made much of,
one may look for one of two fruits
even in this very life,
to wit:
realization,
or, if there be any substrate left,
at any rate the state of non-return.

 

§

 

IV. Great Peace from Bondage

"Monks, the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
if cultivated and made much of,
conduces to great peace from bondage.

And how cultivated and made much of
does the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
conduce to great peace from bondage?

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

Thus cultivated, monks,
thus made much of,
the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
conduces to great peace from bondage."

 

§

 

V. A Great Thrill

Monks, the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
if cultivated and made much of,
conduces to a great thrill.

And how cultivated and made much of
does the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
conduce to a great thrill?

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

Thus cultivated, monks,
thus made much of,
the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
conduces to a great thrill."

 

§

 

VI. Great Pleasantness of Living

Monks, the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
if cultivated and made much of,
conduces to great pleasantness of living.

And how cultivated and made much of
does the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
conduce to great pleasantness of living?

Herein a monk cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is mindfulness,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is investigation of the Norm,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is energy,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is zest,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is tranquillity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is concentration,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

He cultivates the limb of wisdom
that is equanimity,
accompanied by the idea of the worm-eaten corpse,
which is based on seclusion,
on dispassion,
on cessation,
which ends in self-surrender.

Thus cultivated, monks,
thus made much of,
the idea of the worm-eaten corpse
conduces great pleasantness of living."


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