Aṅguttara Nikāya - The Numerical Discourses

1: The Book of the Ones

1. Obsession of the Mind - 329–332

1(329) "Bhikkhus, just as even a trifling amount of urine is foul smelling … (330) a trifling amount of saliva is foul smelling … (331) a trifling amount of pus is foul smelling … … (332) a trifling amount of blood is foul smelling, so too I do not praise even a trifling amount of existence, even for a mere finger snap."

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