Grandmother Ayyikṅ Sutta (SN 3:22)

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('â', All beings are subject to death, have death as their end, have not gone beyond death.â" "Thatâs the way it is, great king. Thatâs the way it is. All beings are subject to death, have death as their end, have not gone beyond death. Just as all a potterâs vessels—whether baked or unbaked—are subject to breaking, have breaking as their end, and have not gone beyond breaking, in the same way all beings are subject to death, have death as their end, have not gone beyond death." That is what the Blessed One said. Having said that, the One Well-Gone, the Teacher, said further: "All beings will die, for life ends in death. They will go in line with their actions, reaping the fruits of their merit & evil: hell for those who did evil, a good destination for those who made merit. So do what is admirable, as an accumulation for the future life. Deeds of merit are the support for beings when they arise in the other world." See also: DN 16; MN 86; SN 47:13; AN 5:49; AN 5:57; Ud 8:8 - --> - - - -