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Mindful of the Body III. The Advantages of Mindfulness Immersed in the Body
… Whenever the Tathāgata merges his body with his mind and his mind with his body, and remains having alighted on the perception of ease and buoyancy with regard to the body, then his body becomes lighter, more pliant, more malleable, & more radiant. “Just as when an iron ball heated all day becomes lighter, more pliant, more malleable, & more radiant; in the same way, whenever …Mindful of the Body IV. The Disadvantages of Attachment to the Body
… Resembling a ball of sealing wax, set in a hollow, with a bubble in the middle and bathed with tears, eye secretions are born there too: The parts of the eye are rolled all together in various ways.’ Plucking out her lovely eye, with mind unattached she felt no regret. ‘Here, take this eye. It’s yours.’ Straightaway she gave it to him. Straightaway …- End of results