[264] 6. "Bhikkhus, dwell contemplating foulness (asubha) in the body; and let mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati) be well established for you internally, to the fore; dwell contemplating impermanence in all conditioned things (saṅkhārā).
Bhikkhus, for those who dwell contemplating foulness in the body, the latent tendency to lust (rāgānusaya) with regard to the element (dhātu) of the beautiful is abandoned. When mindfulness of breathing is well established internally, to the fore, those inclinations to thoughts (vitakkāsayā) about external things, which partake of vexation, do not come to be. For those who dwell contemplating impermanence in all conditioned things, ignorance (avijjā) is abandoned; true knowledge (vijjā) arises."
Contemplating foulness in the body,
mindful with regard to breathing in and out,
seeing the stilling of all conditioned things,
at all times ardent (ātāpī) —
that bhikkhu indeed, who sees rightly,
is thereby released therein;
consummated in superknowledge (abhiññā), at peace,
he indeed is a sage (muni) who has gone beyond the yokes (yoga).
The Sixth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.