Unattractiveness/32 parts (asubha/dvattiṁsākāra)
Meditation / Meditation/Techniques / Unattractiveness/32 parts
Part of tag cluster Mindfulness of body in key topic Meditation Practices
Also a subtag of Mindfulness of body and Protective Meditations
36 excerpts, 2:10:21 total duration

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Abhayagiri Monastic Retreat 2013, Session 3 – Nov. 25, 2013

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1. “Is body scan as a meditation practice done in the Ajahn Chah tradition? Is there a sutta where the Buddha talks about it?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Body scanning ] [Ajahn Chah lineage] [Sutta] // [Unattractiveness] [Mindfulness of body ] [Elements] [Recollection/Death] [Disenchantment]

Quote: “Ajahn Chah would recommend doing anything that worked.” [Ajahn Chah] [Right Effort]

Reference: Amaravati Chanting Book, p. 60: Reflection on the Thirty-Two Parts. [Unattractiveness]

Sutta: MN 10.4: Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta, mindfulness of body section.


Madison Insight Retreat 2023, Session 2 – Oct. 14, 2023

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4. “I have trouble maintaining wakefulness and alertness in the afternoon. What guidance would you give to cultivate more skillfulness?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sloth and torpor] [Devotion to wakefulness] // [Buddho mantra] [Recollection] [Unattractiveness] [Posture/Walking] [Posture/Standing]


Questions and Answers at Wat Pah Nanachat – Jan. 2, 2025

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8. “When practicing to get out of the world, how does one avoid slipping into unhappiness with the world?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Escape] [Suffering] [Happiness] // [Saṃsāra] [Not-self] [Divine Abidings] [Unattractiveness] [Equanimity] [Gladdening the mind] [Concentration] [Knowledge and vision]

Sutta: MN 10.10: Contemplating the body as if it were a sack of grains. [Unattractiveness]

Suttas: MN 6.10, AN 10.2: Causal chains yielding gladness (pāmojja) with different starting points.