The Short Readings

(Khuddakapāṭha, Khuddakanikāya 1)



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3: The Thirty-Two Fold Nature

There are in this body:
hairs of the head, body hairs, nails, teeth, skin,
flesh, sinews, bones, bone-marrow, kidneys,
heart, liver, pleura, spleen, lungs,
intestines, mesentery, undigested food, excrement,
bile, phlegm, pus, blood, sweat, fat,
tears, grease, spit, mucus, synovial fluid, urine,
and the brain in the head.