[407] "He contemplates": how does he contemplate that body? … Thus he contemplates that body.
"Development (bhāvanā)": there are four kinds of development … development in the sense of repeated practice (āsevana).
The in-breaths and out-breaths¹ calming the bodily formation (kāyasaṅkhāra): in the sense of restraint, there is purity of morality (sīlavisuddhi); in the sense of non-distraction, purity of mind (cittavisuddhi); in the sense of seeing, purity of view (diṭṭhivisuddhi). The sense of restraint therein — this is the training in higher morality (adhisīlasikkhā); the sense of non-distraction therein — this is the training in higher mentality (adhicittasikkhā); the sense of seeing therein — this is the training in higher wisdom (adhipaññāsikkhā). Adverting to these three trainings, he trains … realizing what is to be realized, he trains. For one who knows the one-pointedness and non-distraction of the mind (citta) through in-breaths and out-breaths calming the bodily formation, feelings (vedanā) arise known … For one who knows the one-pointedness and non-distraction of the mind through in-breaths and out-breaths calming the bodily formation, he brings the faculties together … Therefore it is said, "and he penetrates the meaning of peace."²
There are eight knowledges (ñāṇa) of contemplation, eight recollections of establishment, and four topics from the discourses, with regard to contemplating the body in the body.
(End of) the recitation section (bhāṇavāra).
¹ [Variant:] The Burmese and European editions read *assāsapassāsānaṃ* ("of the in-breaths and out-breaths"); so too below.
² [Variant:] The Burmese and European editions read *paṭivijjhatīti*; so too below.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.