Iti 77 · uttaka 77
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Monks, this body falls apart; consciousness is subject to fading; all acquisitions are inconstant, stressful, subject to change.”
Knowing the body as falling apart,
& consciousness as dissolving away,
seeing the danger in acquisitions,
you’ve gone beyond
birth & death.
Having reached the foremost peace,
you bide your time,
composed.
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 licence, for free distribution only. Source: dhammatalks.org (Metta Forest Monastery).
