Aṅgulimālattheravatthu.

7. Pesakāradhītuvatthu. (143)

"andhabhūto ayaṃ lokoti imaṃ dhammadesanaṃ satthā aggāḷave cetiye viharanto ekaṃ pesakāradhītaraṃ ārabbha kathesi.

Ekadivasaṃ hi āḷavīvāsino satthari āḷaviṃ sampatte nimantetvā dānaṃ adaṃsu. Satthā bhattakiccāvasāne anumodanaṃ karonto "addhuvaṃ me jīvitaṃ, dhuvaṃ me maraṇaṃ, avassaṃ mayā maritabbaṃ, maraṇapariyosānaṃ me jīvitaṃ, jīvitaṃ me aniyataṃ, maraṇaṃ niyatanti evaṃ maraṇassatiṃ bhāvetha; yesaṃ hi maraṇaṃ abhāvitaṃ, te pacchime kāle āsīvisaṃ disvā bhītapuriso viya santāsaṃ pattā bheravaṃ ravantā kālaṃ karonti; yesaṃ pana maraṇaṃ bhāvitaṃ, te dūratova āsīvisaṃ disvā daṇḍakena gahetvā chaḍḍetvā ṭhitapuriso viya pacchime kāle na santasanti; tasmā maraṇassati bhāvetabbāti āha.