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6.
The Discourse on Ageing
811.
Little indeed is this life, one dies within a hundred years;
Even if one lives beyond that, then indeed one dies of old age.
812.
People grieve over what is cherished, for possessions are not permanent;
Seeing that this is subject to separation, one should not dwell in a household.
813.
Even by death that is abandoned, which a person imagines 'this is mine';
Having known this too, a wise person, one devoted, should not bow down to selfish attachment.
814.
Just as a man, having awakened, does not see what was met in a dream;
So too one does not see a beloved person, a ghost who has died.
815.
Those people seen and heard, for whom this name is pronounced;
Only the name remains, to be expressed of the departed being.
816.
Sorrow, lamentation and avarice, the greedy do not give up over what is cherished;
Therefore the sages, having abandoned possession, lived seeing security.
817.
For a monk who lives withdrawn, associating with a secluded seat;
They call this concord for him, who does not show himself in existence.
818.
The sage, independent everywhere, makes nothing dear nor unpleasant;
In him lamentation and avarice do not cling, just as water does not cling to a leaf.
819.
Just as a drop of water on a lotus leaf, just as water does not cling to a lotus;
Thus the sage is not tainted, by what is seen, heard, or sensed.
820.
The wise one does not imagine by that, that is to say, by what is seen, heard, or sensed;
He does not desire purification by another, for he does not find pleasure in nor does he detach himself.
The Discourse on Ageing is concluded as sixth.
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