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The Words of the Buddha (Part Three) | Plum Village Moments

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    Plum Village moments
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    "the words of the Buddha"
    III
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    The practitioner must go to the forest.
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    The practitioner...
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    must go to the forest.
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    The practitioner,
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    must go to the forest.
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    To the foot of a tree.
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    Or to an empty room.
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    Sitting down cross-legged
    in the lotus position,
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    in mindfulness.
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    Further,
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    the practitioner imagine its body
    being a corpse in a graveyard,
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    lying there for days.
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    Bloated,
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    blue in color,
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    decomposing.
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    Later, just bones.
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    And finally,
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    dust.
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    And the practitioner observes:
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    this body of mine is of the same nature.
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    It will end,
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    and continue in the same way
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    and there is nothing I can do
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    to avoid it.
Title:
The Words of the Buddha (Part Three) | Plum Village Moments
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
01:55

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