治禪病祕要法 1.26

1.26

"As for the method of curing it: first contemplate the thin skin, starting from half a joint, seeing the thin skin as having ninety-nine layers, like bubbles of vapor. Next contemplate the thick skin, ninety-nine layers, like a plantain tree. Next again contemplate the membrane, like a cataract over the eye, ninety-nine layers, crumbling and about to pierce through. Next again contemplate the flesh, also ninety-nine layers, like plantain leaves, between which are worms finer than an autumn down, each worm having four heads, four mouths, and ninety-nine tails. Next one should contemplate the bones, seeing the bones dazzlingly white like white vaiḍūrya, ninety-eight layers, with the four hundred and four channels entering between the bones, flowing up and down like a plantain tree. Next one should contemplate the marrow, ninety-eight layers, like silken spiderwebs.