← Sutta collectionITI77So It Was Said 77SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.So It Was Said 77The Book of the ThreesChapter ThreeFragileThis was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.“This body is fragile, mendicants, consciousness is liable to fade away, and all attachments are impermanent, suffering, and perishable.”The Buddha spoke this matter.On this it is said:“Knowing that the body is fragile,that consciousness is faded,and seeing the danger in attachments,they go beyond birth and death.Having attained ultimate peace,evolved, they await their time.”This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.