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Anguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

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9: The Book of the Nines

II. The Lion’s Roar — AN 9.15: The Simile of the Boil

1“Mendicants, suppose there was a boil that was many years old. And that boil had nine orifices that were continually open wounds. Whatever oozed out of them would be filthy, stinking, and disgusting. Whatever leaked out them would be filthy, stinking, and disgusting.

2‘Boil’ is a term for this body made up of the four primary elements, produced by mother and father, built up from rice and porridge, liable to impermanence, to wearing away and erosion, to breaking up and destruction. And that boil has nine orifices that are continually open wounds. Whatever oozes out of them is filthy, stinking, and disgusting. Whatever leaks out of them is filthy, stinking, and disgusting. So, mendicants, have no illusion about this body.”

1"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṇḍo anekavas­sagaṇiko. Tassassu gaṇḍassa nava vaṇamukhāni nava abhedana­mukhāni. Tato yaṁ kiñci pagghareyya – asuciyeva pagghareyya, duggandhaṁyeva pagghareyya, jegucchiyaṁyeva pagghareyya; yaṁ kiñci pasaveyya – asuciyeva pasaveyya, duggandhaṁyeva pasaveyya, jegucchiyaṁyeva pasaveyya.

2Gaṇḍoti kho, bhikkhave, imassetaṁ cātumahābhūtikassa kāyassa adhivacanaṁ mātāpettikasambhavassa odan­akumm­āsūpacayassa aniccucchādana­parimaddana­bhedana­viddhaṁsana­dhammassa. Tassassu gaṇḍassa nava vaṇamukhāni nava abhedana­mukhāni. Tato yaṁ kiñci paggharati – asuciyeva paggharati, duggandhaṁyeva paggharati, jegucchiyaṁyeva paggharati; yaṁ kiñci pasavati – asuciyeva pasavati, duggandhaṁyeva pasavati, jegucchiyaṁyeva pasavati. Tasmātiha, bhikkhave, imasmiṁ kāye nibbindathā"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.