མ་རྟག་པ་ཉད་ཀྱ་མད 2

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for there is nothing [PDP.223.a] that is born that will not die.

“Monks,²² those wealthy householder families, wealthy brahmin families, and wealthy warrior families who are of great wealth, of great affluence, having an abundance of jewels, rubies, pearls, beryl, conch shells, crystal, coral, [RAS.60.b] gold, silver, and luxuries; owning an abundance of treasuries and storerooms of money and grain; [TUL.46.b] having an abundance of male slaves, female slaves, servants,²³ and laborers; and having an abundance of friends, counselors,²⁴ relations, and relatives—even for them life concludes with death, has its limit in death, for there is nothing that is born that will not die.²⁵

“Monks,²⁶ those consecrated kings and warriors, who have obtained strength²⁷ and power through sovereignty over the people, who dwell having conquered the great circumference of the Earth—even for them life concludes with death, has its limit in death, for there is nothing that is born that will not die.

“Monks,²⁸ those sages who are forest hermits, whose livelihood consists of fallen fruit,²⁹ who eat fallen fruit, who are nourished by fallen fruit—even for them life concludes with death, has its limit in death, for there is nothing that is born that will not die.³⁰

“Monks,³¹ those gods of the realm of desire³²—the gods of the Heaven of the Four Great Kings, the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three, the gods of Yāma Heaven, the gods of Tuṣita Heaven, the gods of the Heaven of Delightful Emanations, and the gods of the Heaven of Control of Enjoyments Created by Others—even for them life concludes with death, has its limit in death, for there is nothing that is born that will not die.

“Monks,³³ those gods of the form realm³⁴—those who have obtained the first dhyāna, that is, those who attend Brahmā, those stationed before Brahmā, those in the assembly of Brahmā,³⁵ and those Great Brahmā gods; [RAS.61.a] those who have obtained the second dhyāna, that is, those of limited radiance,