Linked Discourses 22
1. Nakula’s Father
9. Impermanence in the Three Times
At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, form of the past and future is impermanent, not to mention the present. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple doesn’t worry about past form, doesn’t look forward to enjoying future form, and they practice for the disillusionment, fading away, and cessation of present form. Feeling … Perception … Choices … Consciousness of the past and future is impermanent, not to mention the present. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple doesn’t worry about past consciousness, doesn’t look forward to enjoying future consciousness, and they practice for the disillusionment, fading away, and cessation of present consciousness.”