Passage 25

In English

and came back together and even as they approached the camp, felt uneasy and saw bad omens. was feeling that , who usually would come to receive him, had not come that day. There were bad omens and felt that there was something wrong. Even from there, started preaching . He said, “The body is impermanent, it is made of the five material elements; and the body is sure to fall one day or the other; and the permanent aspect is the .” He also preached about all the relationships and said that a wife is not even known to the husband before marriage, and a son is not related except by marriage. We should never give any regard to such bodily relationships; and any moment, death may occur. One must be prepared to shed one’s body at any time.