Early Buddhism
A Child’s Flesh
Puttamaṁsasutta
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- Pāli
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- Early Buddhist Texts
- Tradition
- Early Buddhism
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The Buddha defines the four kinds of “food” or “nutriment”, which include edible food, contact, intention, and consciousness. He illustrates them with a series of powerful and horrifying similes.
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