AN.10.49. Sarīraṭṭhadhammasutta ("Existing Because of the Body")

Aṅguttara Nikāya ("Collections of Numbered Discourses")

“Mendicants, these ten things exist because of the body. What ten? Cold, heat, hunger, thirst, feces, urine, restraint of body, speech, and livelihood, and the will to live that leads to future lives. These ten things exist because of the body.”



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