Reaching Final Peace of
Mind:
A deity once spoke this verse to the
Blessed One:
Life inevitably ceases. Short is the span of life.
No safe shelter exists for one prone to ageing..
Seeing this danger of certain
death, one should
do meritorious deeds, which brings happiness...
The Exalted Buddha responded:
Life inevitably ceases.
Short is the span of life.
No safe shelter exists for one prone to ageing..
Seeing this danger of certain Death, one should
drop the fleshy bait of this evanescent world!
More on this uncreated
peace - Nibbāna (Sanskrit = Nirvana):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Peace.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Final_Freedom.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/climax_of_calm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Reaching_Peace.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_2_Nibbanas.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/What_is_Nibbana.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/The_Proximate_Cause.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/Nibbana_or_non-return.htm
Source: The Grouped Sayings of the
Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya I 2
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
