Numbered Discourses 3.136

1. A Warrior

Arising

“Mendicants, whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles:

all conditions are impermanent.

A Realized One awakens to this and comprehends it,

then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it:

‘All conditions are impermanent.’

Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles:

all conditions are suffering.

A Realized One awakens to this and comprehends it,

then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it:

‘All conditions are suffering.’

Whether Realized Ones arise or not, this law of nature persists, this regularity of natural principles, this surety of natural principles:

all things are not-self.

A Realized One awakens to this and comprehends it,

then he explains, teaches, asserts, establishes, clarifies, analyzes, and reveals it:

‘All things are not-self.’”