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‘There are five facts which ought to be often contemplated by everyone – whether man or woman, householder or one gone forth as a monastic. What five?
I am sure to become old; I cannot avoid ageing.
I am sure to become ill; I cannot avoid illness.
I am sure to die; I cannot avoid death.
I must be separated and parted from all that is dear and beloved to me.
I am the owner of my actions, heir of my actions, actions are the womb from which I have sprung, actions are my relations, actions are my protection. Whatever actions I do, good or bad, of these I shall become the heir.’
- The Buddha (AN V: 57 Based on the translation in Nyanaponika Thera & Bhikkhu Bodhi (trans & ed), 2000. Numerical discourses of the Buddha. New Delhi: Vistaar Publications.)
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