The Practice of Dhutanṅga: Additional Ways to Remove Defilements

Abstract

The aim of this article is to study and synthesize the present ways of practice that remove defilements. Mental purifi cation begins with the challenge of self-understanding and eliminating defilements. For Buddhists, it is compulsory to learn the method of how to relinquish defilements and fermentation. In order to eradicate every defilement, the Buddha skillfully applied the practice of compassion and take it as an antidote, the method to emerge from it and vanquish it. By learning these principles and applying them properly, one can gradually wear away the most stubborn inner stains and reach the end of suffering, the “stainless liberation of the mind”.