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The Discourse on Indaka
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Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Rājagaha on the Indakūṭa mountain, in the abode of the demon Indaka.
Then the demon Indaka approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he addressed the Blessed One in verse -
"The Buddhas say that matter is not the soul, how then does this one obtain this body;
From where does his mass of bones and liver come, how does this one become attached in the womb?"
"First there is a drop of fluid, from the drop of fluid comes a bubble;
From the bubble arises a lump of flesh, the lump of flesh produces a solid mass;
From the solid mass limbs arise, head hairs, body hairs, and nails too.
"And whatever the mother eats, food and drink and nourishment;
By that he sustains himself there, the man gone into the mother's womb."