The scripture says: "O virtuous ones, this body is not something that the wise rely upon." The preceding lines are all in three-character phrases. "Rely upon" means to depend on. This body is something that wise and discerning people do not depend on. Furthermore, in the chapter on skillful means, the layman Vimalakīrti primarily sought to teach ordinary beings and newly practicing bodhisattvas five contemplations: first, contemplate the body as suffering; second, contemplate the body as empty; third, contemplate the body as impermanent; fourth, contemplate the body as without self; fifth, contemplate the body as impure. The scripture says: "Afflicted by sickness and troubles, it is a gathering of all sufferings" — this is the contemplation on suffering. "This body is like a mass of foam" and what follows — this is the contemplation on emptiness. "This body is like a floating cloud" and what follows — this is the contemplation on impermanence. "This body has no master, like the earth" and what follows — this is the contemplation on no-self. "This body is impure, filled with filth and defilements" and what follows — this is the contemplation on impurity. These five contemplations are the initial practices for both the Great and Lesser Vehicles, meant to stop greed and anger and give rise to Wisdom.