30. I am old and feeble, the comeliness of youth has vanished. My sight is weak and I am hard of hearing. I do not wish to perish whilst still confused. Teach me the Dhamma by understanding which I may abandon birth and decay.
A: Seeing heedless people afflicted and suffering through their bodies, you should be heedful and renounce body so as to not come again to birth. Seeing men caught in craving, tormented and afflicted by old age, you should be heedful and renounce craving so as to not come again to birth.
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A: Seeing heedless people afflicted and suffering through their bodies, you should be heedful and renounce body so as to not come again to birth. Seeing men caught in craving, tormented and afflicted by old age, you should be heedful and renounce craving so as to not come again to birth.
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John D. Ireland
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