[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Anityatāsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra) › [མི་རྟག་པ་ཉིད་ཀྱི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309) › [The Sutra on Impermanence (1)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309~en-84000) › intro.1 # མ་རྟག་པ་ཉད་ཀྱ་མད intro.1 The Sūtra on Impermanence (1) intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309~en-84000.intro.1) In this brief sūtra, the Buddha reminds his followers of one of the principal characteristics of saṃsāric existence: the reality of impermanence. The four things cherished most in this world, the Buddha says—namely, good health, youth, prosperity, and life—are all impermanent. He closes his teaching with a verse, asking how beings, afflicted as they are by impermanence, can take delight in anything desirable, and indirectly urging his disciples to practice the path of liberation. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.anityatasutra*bo-d309~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa