Ukkattha Susanika: 1 definition

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Source: Dhamma Dana: The 13 Ascetic Practices of Buddhist Monks

(see susanika dhutayga).

The bhikkhu who is a noble practitioner of the dhutayga susanika dwells in a charnel that has the three following characteristics: 1) daily, some corpses are cremated in it; 2) in it, there is constantly a smell of corpse entering a stage of decomposition; 3) some funerals are being daily held in it, with (the sound produced by) the weeping and wailing of the relatives of the dead person whom they are accompanying.

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