http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/sutta/anguttara/an10-060a.html
"Thus have I heard:
On one occasion the Blessed One was living near Savatthi at
Jetavana at the monastery of Anathapindika. Now at that time, the
Venerable Girimananda was afflicted with a disease, was suffering
therefrom, and was gravely ill. Thereupon the Venerable Ananda
approached the Buddha and having saluted him sat beside him. So
seated the Venerable Ananda said this to the Blessed One:
"Bhante (Venerable Sir,) the Venerable Girimananda is afflicted
with disease, is suffering therefrom, and is gravely ill. It were
well, bhante, if the Blessed One would visit the Venerable
Girimananda out of compassion for him." (Thereupon the Buddha
said):
"Should you, Ananda, visit the monk Girimananda and recite to him
the ten contemplations, then that monk Girimananda having heard
them, will be immediately cured of his disease.
What are the ten?
Contemplation of impermanence.
Contemplation of anatta (absence of a permanent self or
soul).
Contemplation of foulness (asubha).
Contemplation of disadvantage (danger).
Contemplation of abandonment.
Contemplation of detachment.
Contemplation of cessation.
Contemplation of distaste for the whole world.
Contemplation of impermanence of all component things.
Mindfulness of in-breathing and out-breathing.
i. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of impermanence? Herein,
Ananda, a monk having gone to the forest or to the foot of a tree
or to an empty house (lonely place) contemplates thus: 'Matter
(visible objects) is impermanent; feeling or sensation is
impermanent; perception is impermanent; formations are impermanent;
consciousness is impermanent. Thus he dwells contemplating
impermanence in these five aggregates.' This, Ananda, is called
contemplation of impermanence.
ii. "And what Ananda is contemplation of anatta? Herein, Ananda, a
monk having gone to the forest or to the foot of a tree or to a
lonely place contemplates thus: 'The eye is not the self; visible
objects are not the self; the ear is not the self; sounds are not
the self; the nose is not the self; smells are not the self; the
tongue is not the self; tastes are not the self; the body is not
the self; bodily contacts (tangible objects) are not the self; the
mind is not the self; mental objects are not the self.' Thus he
dwells contemplating not self in these internal and external bases.
This, Ananda, is called contemplation of anatta.
iii. "And what, Ananda, is contemplation of foulness? Herein,
Ananda, a monk contemplates this body upward from the soles of the
feet, downward from the top of the hair, enclosed in skin, as being
full of many impurities. In this body there are head-hairs,
body-hairs, nails, teeth, skin, flesh, sinews, bones, marrow,
kidneys, heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs, intestines,
intestinal tract, stomach, feces, bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat,
fat, tears, grease, saliva, nasal mucous, synovium (oil lubricating
the joints), and urine. Thus he dwells contemplating foulness in
this body. This, Ananda, is called contemplation of foulness.
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