9.
The Discourse on Impermanence in the Three Times
9.
At Sāvatthī.
"Materiality, monks, is impermanent, whether past or future;
what then to say of the present!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple is without longing for past materiality;
he does not delight in future materiality;
he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of present materiality.
Feeling is impermanent, etc.
Perception is impermanent,
activities are impermanent, whether past or future;
what then to say of the present!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple is without longing for past activities;
he does not delight in future activities;
he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of present activities.
Consciousness is impermanent, whether past or future;
what then to say of the present!
Seeing thus, monks, a learned noble disciple is without longing for past consciousness;
he does not delight in future consciousness;
he is practising for disenchantment, dispassion, and cessation of present consciousness."
The ninth.