Chapter Three

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“This body is fragile, mendicants, consciousness is liable to fade away, and all attachments are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.”

The Buddha spoke this matter.

On this it is said:

“Knowing that the body is fragile,

that consciousness is faded, ^[1]

and seeing the danger in attachments,

they go beyond birth and death.

Having attained ultimate peace,

evolved, they await their time.”

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.