Tilakkhanādi Gāthā

All conditioned phenomena (fabrications; formations) are
impermanent,
when one sees this with wisdom (discernment)
One grows disenchanted with suffering (dukkha) —
this is the path to purity.

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All conditioned phenomena (fabrications; formations) are suffering,
when one sees this with wisdom (discernment),
One grows disenchanted with suffering (dukkha) —
this is the path to purity.

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All dhamma (phenomena; states) are not-self (without self),
when
one sees this with wisdom (discernment),
One grows disenchanted with suffering (dukkha) —
this is the path to purity.

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Few are the human beings
who go to the Further Shore
These others simply
scurry around on this shore.

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But those who practice the Dhamma in line
with the well-taught
Dhamma,
They will cross over Death's realm,
so hard to transcend.

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Abandoning dark practices,
the wise person should develop the bright
Having gone from home to no-home in seclusion,
so hard to relish.

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There he should wish for delight,
having discarded sensuality —
hewho hasnothing
He should cleanse himself,
the wise one, of mental defilement.

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Whose minds are well-developed in the factors for Awakening,
who delight in non-clinging,
relinquishing grasping, glorious, free of effluent:
they are unbound in the world