page_title: Patikulamanasikara
section_title: Practice
hierarchical_section_title: Patikulamanasikara / Practice
context_page_description: Paṭikkūlamanasikāra is a Pāli term that is generally translated as "reflections on repulsiveness". It refers to a traditional Buddhist meditation whereby thirty-one parts of the body are contemplated in a variety of ways. In addition to developing sati and samādhi, this form of meditation is considered conducive to overcoming desire and lust. Along with cemetery contemplations, this type of meditation is one of the two meditations on "the foul"/unattractiveness.
context_section_description: In Buddhist scriptures, this practice involves mentally identifying 31 parts of the body, contemplated upon in various ways.
caption: Internal organs viewed from front: lungs (grey), heart (white), liver (purple), stomach (yellow), large intestine (yellow) and small intestine (pink), from Gray's Anatomy.
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