The Four Foundations of Mindfulness Suta

The four foundations of mindfulness suta are a very popular one within terravad and buddhism, the modern vapassana movement. The idea confirmed by countless Buddhist practitioners over the millennia is that a deep visceral personal recognition of our own mortality is a beneficial thing. When we fully comprehend the ephemeral nature of our body, we hopefully recognize it as not self. We also recognize that the body can't belong to a permanent enduring independent self at least not one that has any meaningful level of control.