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anussati

A Dictionary of Buddhism | 2004 | | Copyright

anussati (Pāli, recollection). Group of six or ten objects said to be especially worthy of contemplation. Through meditating on these things the three roots of evil (akuśala-mūla) can be destroyed. The list of ten is: (1) the Buddha, (2) the Dharma, (3) the Saṃgha, (4) morality (śīla), (5) generosity (dāna), (6) the gods (deva), (7) death, (8) the body, (9) the breath, and (10) peace.

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Anussati

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Anussati (Pāli, ‘recollection’). Contemplative practices in Buddhism which break attachment to the three destructive roots (akuśala). Initially six, they are now reckoned as ten.

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