In this talk, Bhante discusses Numerical Discourses, the Book of Fives, sutta no. 61. This is the first in a set of six suttas that each prescribe five themes for contemplation, each conducive to the attainment of the deathless, nibbana. In this sutta the five themes are: the unattractive nature of the body, the inevitability of death, danger, the repulsiveness of food, and non-delight in the entire world. The remaining suttas on five perceptions are to be explored in the following dhamma talk.
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