"...that whatever an individual feels—pleasure, pain, neither-pleasure-nor-pain—is entirely caused by what was done before—slip past what they themselves know, slip past what is agreed on by the world. Therefore I say that those brahmans & contemplatives are wrong." —Sīvaka Sutta
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Bile: "There are two kinds of bile: local bile and free bile. Herein as to colour, the local bile is the colour of thick madhuka oil; the free bile is the colour of faded ākulī flowers. As to shape, both are the shape of their location..."
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"...As to direction, the local bile belongs to the upper direction; the other belongs to both directions. As to location, the free bile spreads, like a drop of oil on water, all over the body..."
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"...except for the fleshless parts of the head hairs, body hairs, teeth, nails, and the hard dry skin. When it is disturbed, the eyes become yellow and twitch, and there is shivering and itching of the body..."
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"...The local bile is situated near the flesh of the liver between the heart and the lungs. It is to be found in the bile container (gall bladder), which is like a large kosātakī (loofah) gourd pip..."
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"...When it is disturbed, beings go crazy and become demented, they throw off conscience and shame and do the undoable, speak the unspeakable, and think the unthinkable. As to delimitation, it is bounded by what appertains to bile." Visuddhimagga (The Path of Purification)
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