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SN 17.28 Skin

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SN 17.28 - Skin
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Linked Discourses 17.28
Chapter Three
Skin
At Sāvatthī.
“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …
They cut through the outer skin, the inner skin, the flesh, sinews, and bones, until they reach the marrow and keep pressing.
So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”