Observing Ugliness · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Asubhānupassī,
bhikkhave,
kāyasmiṁ
viharatha;
ānāpānassati
ca
vo
ajjhattaṁ
parimukhaṁ
sūpaṭṭhitā
hotu;
sabbasaṅkhāresu
aniccānupassino
viharatha.
Asubhānupassīnaṁ,
bhikkhave,
kāyasmiṁ
viharataṁ
yo
subhāya
dhātuyā
rāgānusayo
so
pahīyati.
Ānāpānassatiyā
ajjhattaṁ
parimukhaṁ
sūpaṭṭhititāya
ye
bāhirā
vitakkāsayā
vighātapakkhikā,
te
na
honti.
Sabbasaṅkhāresu
aniccānupassīnaṁ
viharataṁ
yā
avijjā
sā
pahīyati,
yā
vijjā
sā
uppajjatī”ti.
Etamatthaṁ
bhagavā
avoca.
Tatthetaṁ
iti
vuccati:
“Mendicants, meditate observing the ugliness of the body. Let mindfulness of breathing be well-established internally on the present. Meditate observing the impermanence of all conditions. As you meditate observing the ugliness of the body, you will give up desire for the body. When mindfulness of breathing is well-established internally on the present, there will be no distressing external thoughts or wishes. When you meditate observing the impermanence of all conditions, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
“Asubhānupassī
kāyasmiṁ,
ānāpāne
paṭissato;
Sabbasaṅkhārasamathaṁ,
passaṁ
ātāpi
sabbadā.
“Observing the ugliness of the body, mindful of the breath, one always keen sees the stilling of all activities.
Sa
ve
sammaddaso
bhikkhu,
yato
tattha
vimuccati;
Abhiññāvosito
santo,
sa
ve
yogātigo
munī”ti.
That mendicant sees rightly, and when freed in regards to that, that peaceful sage, with perfect insight, has truly slipped their yoke.”
Ayampi
attho
vutto
bhagavatā,
iti
me
sutanti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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