Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Buddha's words 1

Sabbe Sankhara anicca'ti, yada pannaya passati,
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiya.
Sabbe Sankhara dukkha'ti, yada pannaya passati,
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiya.
Sabbe Dhamma anatta'ti, yada pannaya passati,
atha nibbindati dukkhe, esa maggo visuddhiya.

-Theragatha

Impermanent and suffering are all compounded things (conditionings) and all formations have the characteristic of impersonality (egolessness). When one perceives this with insight one ends suffering - this is the path of purification.

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