"Impermanent are compounded things, prone to rise and fall, Having risen, they are destroyed, their passing truest bliss."
— Death

January 1, 1970

Quote Details

Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Added on April 10, 2026
Unverified quote
0 likes
Death
Original Language: English

Sources

ruler of the devas, in : Mahaparinibbana Sutta, in The Long Discourses of the Buddha, A translation of the Digha Nikaya by Maurice Walshe, Wisdom Publications, Boston, MA, 1987/1995, pp. 223–77. quoted from Arun Shourie, Preparing: For Death. Penguin Random House India Private Limited, 2020. ISBN 935305978X, 9789353059781