諸經要集 13.79

13.79

"The sixth is old age. Indeed, old age is suffering: hair turning white and teeth falling out; eyes seeing dimly; ears not hearing keenly; vigor departing and decline arriving; skin slackening and face wrinkling; the hundred joints aching with fatigue; walking is extreme agony; sitting up and lying down brings groans; sorrow and grief distress the mind; the conscious spirit progressively fades; what was just done is instantly forgotten; life is cut short day by day; to speak of it brings tears. Seeing impermanence and catastrophic changes such as these, I set out to seek the Way and wish never to undergo them again. This is my sixth teacher." Thereupon the Buddha spoke a verse, saying: