4.
The Discourse on Periods of Time
63.
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Worthy One, thus have I heard:
"There are these three periods, monks. Which three? The past period, the future period, the present period - these, monks, are the three periods." The Blessed One said this meaning. Therein this is said:
"Beings have perception of what can be expressed, they are established in what can be expressed;
Not fully understanding what can be expressed, they come under the bond of Death.
"But having fully understood what can be expressed, one does not imagine a speaker;
Deliverance is touched by the mind, the unsurpassed state of peace.
"He indeed is accomplished in what can be expressed, peaceful, delighting in the state of peace;
One who uses discrimination, established in the Teaching, one who has attained the highest knowledge does not come to reckoning."
This meaning too was spoken by the Blessed One, thus have I heard. The fourth.