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THE PATH OF NIRVANA OR LIBERATION 123
Bhagavan said thus :- This is the one path for the purification of the beings, for removal of sorrow, weeping etc., for casting away pain and mental griefs, for knowing the truth, for realizing Nirvana -and that is the four kinds of steadfastness in recollections :- What are the four ?—The monk roams seeing his body as body only, knowing feelings as feelings only, seeing mind as mind only, knowing different conditions as conditions only. He must be active, conscious, full of recollection, removing greed and mental bad thoughtactivities. The mode of recollection of these four has been given in the sutta in detail, here its translation in short is given :---
I. Meditation upon the body:
(1) The monk, having entered into a forest and sitting in a posture (Palyankâsana) attends to his mouth; when breathing strong or mild, he may know it such and think that this body has nature of the rise and decay, one should have no attachment with it. There is nothing in this body which is liable of being adopted.
(2) When walking, standing, sitting, sleeping, or in any kind of movement of body, the monk should always be careful.
(3) When going near or far, seeing here and there, spreading arms and legs, wearing clothes, taking four kinds of food as eatable, drinkable, tastable, and lickable, casting away refuse, sleeping, awaking, speaking and in
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