Meditation on the Body in Chapter 7 of Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra
Religions June 10, 2020 Robert Kritzer
Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra is an Indian Buddhist sutra dating to the first half of the first millennium. Chapter 7 of the sutra consists of a very long meditation on the body, unusual in Buddhist literature for its anatomical, especially osteological, detail. The meditation also includes extensive descriptions of many internal worms as well as the internal winds that destroy the worms at the...