The Ancient Elders
explained:
All past constructions & all past formations, whether mental or material
have
dissolved, and they continue to break up into any future, just as they do
now!
Clearly observing the inevitable impermanence of all the present
constructions,
one can infer those past & future to be the same: All formations will
disappear!
Like dew-drops, when the morning sun comes up. All Aggregates cease &
nothing
else really exists. Breakup of these 5 clusters of clinging is known as
death...
One should watch and reflect upon their destruction carefully, just as one
who
with a diamond drills a hole through a jewel. Since:
One who regards all phenomena:
As lasting as a bursting bubble;
As illusive as a mirage;
One regarding all worldly life exactly so,
is forever unseen even by the King of Death!
Dhammapada Illustration 170
Background Story 170
Seeing the breakup of all phenomena therefore
makes one approach Nibbāna
with the acute imperative urgency & efficacy of one with a burning turban... Vism 645
of all phenomena!
