| A.10_056 | Pa.thama Sa~n~naa Sutta | The following ten contemplations are of great profit and fruit for plunging into the deathless: 1. contemplation of loathesomeness [asubhasa~n~naa]; 2. contemplation of death [mara.nasa~n~naa]; 3. the loathesomeness of food [ahaarapa.tikuulasa~n~naa]; 4. distaste for all the world [sabbalokeanabhiratasa~n~naa]; 5. contemplation of impermanence [aniccasa~n~naa]; 6. contemplation of the suffering of impermanence [aniccedukkhasa~n~naa]; 7. contemplation of the not-self in suffering [dukkheanattasa~n~naa]; 8. contemplation of abandoning [pahaanasa~n~naa]; 9. contemplation of fading [viraagasa~n~naa], and; 10. contemplation of extinction [nirodhasa~n~naa]. | 38/185 | Dasaka Nipaata, Dutiya Pa.n.naasaka | A"nguttara | A.i. | |