法苑珠林 95.29

95.29

Now, we have heard that the house of the three realms is truly a vessel of the four great elements; the sphere of the six sense-objects is what the five aggregates inhabit. It is precisely because false imaginings are vainly constructed and confusion and inversion arise in succession that myriad sufferings compete to entangle and a hundred worries gather all together. Now, since retribution has matured and life is like a candle before the wind, yet sentient beings cling covetously and remain unaware unto death, fearing that in their accustomed place they will long for their wealth and resources and become attached to their relatives, the Buddha's teaching requires them to be moved to another place to give rise to weariness and renunciation, and to know that impermanence is about to arrive, causing them to generate a mind of right mindfulness.