34a: The 17th Rains Retreat (Beauty) – 1118
2. Know that it is the mind that conditions the wind element that pervades
the body and causes movement.
3. Know that when the wind element pervades the body new matter arises,
and it is the matter that walks.
4. Know with intelligence that what walks is no person or self, but it is
matter which does the walking.
5. Know with intelligence that what stands is no person or self, but it is
matter which does the standing.
6. Know with intelligence that what sits is no person or self but it is matter
which does the sitting.
7. Know with intelligence that what has lain down is no person or self, but
it is matter which does the lying down.
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8. Know with intelligence that what bends is no person or self, but it is
matter which does the bending.
9. Know with intelligence that what stretches in and out is no person or
self, but it is matter that does the stretching.
In accordance with the above lines:
1. When the mind desires to walk, the wind element, conditioned by the mind
pervades the body. Because of the pervasion of the wind element, there appears
the bodily gesture of striding in the desired direction. That is to say, particular
forms of matter come into being in succession by the gesture of striding towards
another desired place. Because of the striding gesture of these successive forms
of matter, such a gesture is called “going” in worldly parlance.
2. Similarly, when the mind desires to stand, the wind element, conditioned by
the mind, pervades the body. Because of the pervasion of the wind element,
there appears the vertically erection of the body. That is to say, particular forms
of matter come into being in succession by vertical erection. Because of the
vertical erection of these successive forms of matter in linking the upper part
and the lower part of the body, such a gesture is called “standing” in worldly
parlance.
3. Similarly, when the mind desires to sit, the wind element, conditioned by the
mind, pervades the body. Because of the pervasion of the wind element, there