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human
9 stages of a decaying corpse meditation. When Theravada Buddhism was revived in the late 1800s it selectively chose all of the dark and morbid elements from the Pali Canon

This practice harms the natural vitality of the body and makes one feel corpse-like
gpt
Not sure what this anon is on about, Theravada Buddhism uses all of the original Pali Canon, essentially the original teachings brought from King Asoka to Sri Lanka. Decaying corpse meditation is only a small part of the teachings in the Pali Canon.

It is understandable that some would be offended by this practice though as the kilesa inside their heart automatically reject any thought of becoming free from craving/lust for the body.
human
Theravada Buddhism died somewhere around 300 AD, at which point they lost the ability to read Pali and meditate. For close to two millennia all the monks did was chant small fragments of Pali, a language they didn't even understand. To them it had deteriorated to the point of simply being magic words. This is why all other schools of Buddhism insultingly referred to them as sravakas, 'hearers'

Since Theravada Buddhism was revived in the late 1800s they've focused on a small handful of meditation techniques such as anapanasati, vipassana and a couple of visualisations. Pick up any text of the Pali Canon and you'll see hundreds of techniques and teachings they've ignored for almost 2000 years now

Since Theravada Buddhism