At Savatthi the Blessed Buddha said:
Bhikkhus, All is by nature subject to birth...
All is by naturesubject to ageing...
Allis by nature subject to decay & sickness...
Allis by nature subject to decay & sickness...
All is by naturesubject to death...
Allis by nature subject to trouble...
Allis by nature subject to trouble...
All is by naturesubject to corruption...
Allis by nature subject to destruction...
Allis by nature subject to destruction...
All is by naturesubject to vanishing...
Allthat is by nature subject to emergence, is also by nature subject to ceasing...
Allthat is by nature subject to emergence, is also by nature subject to ceasing...
And what, Bhikkhus,is this All, that is by nature subject to birth, ageing, decay,
sickness, death, trouble, corruption, destruction,vanishing, ever arising & ceasing ?
sickness, death, trouble, corruption, destruction,vanishing, ever arising & ceasing ?
The Eye ... Forms... Eye-consciousness ... Eye-contact... Whatever feeling arised
caused byeye-contact, that is by nature subject to ever arising and ceasing...
caused byeye-contact, that is by nature subject to ever arising and ceasing...
The Ear ... Sounds... Auditory-consciousness ... Ear-contact...
TheNose ... Smells ... Olfactory-consciousness ... Nose-contact...
TheTongue ... Tastes ... Gustatory-consciousness ... Tongue-contact...
TheBody ... Touches ... Tactile-consciousness ... Body-contact...
TheMind ... Thoughts ... Mental-consciousness ... Mind-contact... & whatever feeling
arised caused any contact, that is by nature subject to everarising and ceasing...
Understanding this,the intelligent noble disciple becomes disgusted with this AllTheNose ... Smells ... Olfactory-consciousness ... Nose-contact...
TheTongue ... Tastes ... Gustatory-consciousness ... Tongue-contact...
TheBody ... Touches ... Tactile-consciousness ... Body-contact...
TheMind ... Thoughts ... Mental-consciousness ... Mind-contact... & whatever feeling
arised caused any contact, that is by nature subject to everarising and ceasing...
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Being thusdisgusted produces disillusion... This disillusion induces a mental release!
Whendetached, the mind remains unagitated! Being utterly imperturbable one attains Awakening right there & then instantly understands: This mindis irreversibly freed!
Whendetached, the mind remains unagitated! Being utterly imperturbable one attains Awakening right there & then instantly understands: This mindis irreversibly freed!
Repeated rebirth isended, this Noble Life is completed, done is what should be done, there is no state beyond, ever after or even surpassing this...
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