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Misinterpretation of a Pali phrase - Rupan Jirathi

Yesterday I saw in a funeral banner the following statement. Rupam Jirati Machanam, Nama Gottam Najirathi It means, "the body decays but the Name and the Tribe does not". But I have ...
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Is "The body never lies" supported in the suttas?

I recently went to a dhamma talk that I am skeptical of for a few reasons. One of the things we were told in this talk is that the mind always lies and the body never lies, which (in a mundane sense) ...