Understanding the Impermanence of the Body and the Pursuit of Transcendence
wise will use the indications of deterioration in their own body to wake themselves up to the fact that the body can offer the spirit no true refuge.
**The Physical Body is a Storehouse of Unwholesome
The text discusses the physical body as a storehouse for unwholesomeness, suffering, and illnesses due to our desires. It contrasts this with the nine supreme transcendental attainments, which include