205. These five things should often be contemplated by both men and women, by both householder and home leaver. What five? ‘I will become old. I have not got beyond old age. I will become sick. I have not got beyond sickness. I will die. I have not got beyond death. I must eventually be separated from all that is dear and precious to me. I am the result of my own deeds, the heir of my deeds, deeds are the source, the kin and the foundation of what I am. Whatever deed I do, whether good or bad, I shall inherit that.’ These five things should often be contemplated by both women and men, by both householder and home-leaver.
A.III,71-2 (AN 5.57)
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