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Appendix III: Meditation on The Impurities of the Body

This body of mine is composed of

  1. hair of the head
  2. hair of the body
  3. nails
  4. teeth
  5. skin
  6. muscles
  7. sinews
  8. bones
  9. marrow
  10. kidneys
  11. heart
  12. liver
  13. diaphragm
  14. spleen
  15. lungs
  16. intestine
  17. mesentery
  18. stomach
  19. excrement
  20. bile
  21. phlegm
  22. pus
  23. blood
  24. sweat
  25. lymph
  26. tears
  27. serum
  28. saliva
  29. nasal mucus
  30. synovial fluid
  31. urine
  32. brain

If we think of our body in this way, we are having the correct understanding of our physical body. The person who practices this meditation would not be worried about the body when it is subjected to change (Anicca).