Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.38

v2.c35.s3.t5.38

[*Rūpa* (material constituents of a being) whether past or future is impermanent, not to speak of the present. A learned *Śrāvaka*, who realises this, remains unconcerned of past *rūpa*, does not rejoice at his future *rūpa* and exerts to rid his mind of the present *rūpa*].¹