Summary
s.1In this brief sūtra, the Buddha reminds his followers of one of the principal characteristics of saṃsāric existence: the reality of impermanence. The four things cherished most in this world, the Buddha says—namely, good health, youth, prosperity, and life—are all impermanent. He closes his teaching with a verse, asking how beings, afflicted as they are by impermanence, can take delight in anything desirable, and indirectly urging his disciples to practice the path of liberation.
s.1在這部簡短的經中，佛陀提醒他的弟子們輪迴的一個主要特徵：無常的現實。佛陀說，這個世界最被珍視的四樣東西——即健康、青春、繁榮和生命——都是無常的。他用一首偈頌來結束他的教導，問眾生既然被無常所困擾，如何能對任何令人嚮往的事物感到歡喜，並間接地勸勉他的弟子們修習解脫之道。