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Feb 2017

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Dhammapada Verse 150: A City of Bones

YUTTADHAMMO BHIKKHU

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Verse 150
This city (body) is built of bones, plastered with flesh and blood; within are decay and death, pride and jealousy.

(Translated by Acharya Buddharakkhita)

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Translations from: https://suttacentral.net/dhp146-156/en/buddharakkhita#150

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