Impermanence in the Three Times

Linked Discourses 22.9

1. Nakula’s Father

Impermanence in the Three Times

At Sāvatthī.

“Mendicants, form of the past and future is impermanent,

let alone the present.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple is not concerned with past form,

doesn’t look forward to enjoying future form,

and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding present form.

Feeling …

Perception …

Choices …

Consciousness of the past and future is impermanent,

let alone the present.

Seeing this, a learned noble disciple is not concerned with past consciousness,

doesn’t look forward to enjoying future consciousness,

and they practice for disillusionment, dispassion, and cessation regarding present consciousness.”