MEDITATION ON THE IMPURITIES OF THE BODY

	Beauty is only skin deep  In order to break through the wrong view and perception of pleasantness in body, in order to set aside and ultimately destroy this wrong perception, it may be necessary for some to contemplate and meditate on the foulness of body. On the 32 impurities of body. If we break the body into its main components one will find thirty two of them. e.g. teeth, nails, blood, sweat, phlegm, hair, skeleton etc. When we take each one of them by itself, we can find absolutely nothing pleasant. They are all impurities, all unpleasant. So, one can contemplate on one or more of these parts to develop the perception of impurity or foulness of body.
	The skeleton in particular is a fine object of meditation. Bring forth the image of the skeleton (if necessary take a look at one or at least a picture of one) and keep concentrating on it. This will bring about two results. One is that the mind will go into concentration, samadhi. The other is that it will develop the perception of impurity and dukkha. Therefore it is an invaluable meditation, worthy of development for one’s own welfare. All that is lovely & delightful is of the nature to be otherwise and to separate