Ched du brjod pa'i tshoms (Kangyur, Toh 326) 1.4

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apart. / Alas, before long this body, / empty and devoid of consciousness, / will fall upon the ground / like a discarded log in a charnel ground. / Constantly afflicted by sickness, / continually oozing impurities, / impaired and exhausted by old age and death— / why not abandon this body? / With this body rapidly perishing, sick, / and filled with pus, / strive for supreme peace, / the unexcelled attainment and bliss! / 'I will do this in the winter, / in the spring, and in the summer'— / thinking thus, the fool / does not see the obstacles. / With mind thoroughly attached / to children, wealth, and herds, / Māra seizes him and departs, / like a sleeping village swept away by a flood. / When the time of death arrives, / children are no protection, / nor father, nor relatives; / there is no protection for you. / 'This duty is done, that purpose is to be accomplished; / having done that, I shall do this'— / while a person prepares in such a manner, / death alongside old age and disease overtakes them. / Therefore, always take delight in samādhi and remain in equipoise! / Exert effort and look not to the ends of birth and old age! / Fully conquer the māras along with their hosts; / O monks, go to the other shore of birth and death! / Chapter on Impermanence, the First. / Desires arise from conceptual thought; / know thought to be the root of desire! / Do not engage in conceptual thought, / and desire will not arise in you. / From desires, grief is born; / from desires, fear arises. / If desires are utterly abandoned, / there is no grief and no fear. / From attachment, grief is born; / from attachment, fear arises. / If attachment is utterly abandoned, / there is no grief and no fear. / The karmic maturation of sensual desire and delight is painful