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Fragile

Bhidurasutta

This body falls apart; consciousness is subject to fading; all acquisitions are inconstant, sufferingful, subject to change.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Itivuttaka 77So It Was Said 77
  • 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes
  • 0.3TatiyavaggaChapter Three

0.4BhidurasuttaFragile

1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Bhidurāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kāyo, viññāṇaṁ virāgadhammaṁ, sabbe upadhī aniccā dukkhā vipariṇāmadhammā”ti.“This body is fragile, mendicants, consciousness is liable to fade away, and all attachments are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.”

2.2Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.3Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Kāyañca bhiduraṁ ñatvā,“Knowing that the body is fragile,3.2Viññāṇañca virāgunaṁ;that consciousness is faded,13.3Upadhīsu bhayaṁ disvā,and seeing the danger in attachments,3.4Jātimaraṇamaccagā;they go beyond birth and death.3.5Sampatvā paramaṁ santiṁ,Having attained ultimate peace,3.6Kālaṁ kaṅkhati bhāvitatto”ti.evolved, they await their time.”

4.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

4.2Aṭṭhamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Virāgunaṁ is a secondary derivation from virāga with the -una suffix. Also found at MN 112:6.2.

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