2. Ayyika Sutta Discourses Concerning Grandmother Tatiya Vagga, Kosala Samyutta, Sagatha Vagga Samyutta, Samyutta Nikaya, Suttanta Pitaka SOURCE: "FIVE SAMYUTTAS FROM SAGATHAVAGGA SAMYUTTA" Translated by U Tin U (Myaung), Yangon Edited by the Editorial Committee, Burma (Myanmar) Tipitaka Association, 1998

      133. The Bhagava was staying at Savatthi. To King Pasenadi of Kosala who was sitting at a suitable place, the Bhagava asked, "Great King, where do you come from at this time of high noon?"

      "Venerable Sir, my grandmother, old, aged, advanced in years, ripe in experience, having reached the last stage of life, a hundred and twenty years old, has died. Venerable Sir, I loved and adored my grandmother. Venerable Sir, if by giving away an elephant-treasure I could get my wish that my grandmother should not die, I would give away the elephant-treasure. Venerable Sir, if by giving away a horse-treasure I could get my wish that my grandmother should not die, I would give away the horse-treasure. Venerable Sir, if by giving away a province I could get my wish that my grandmother should not die, I would give the province away."

     "All beings, Great King, are subject to death. Death is the (inevitable) end. Death cannot be avoided."

      "Marvellous, Venerable Sir; astounding, Venerable Sir, that the Bhagava has made this excellent remark: 'All beings are subject to death. Death is the (inevitable) end. Death cannot be avoided.'"

     "Great King, quite so; Great King, quite so. All beings are subject to death. Death is the (inevitable) end. Death cannot be avoided. Just as, Great King, all the pots made by the potter, irrespective of whether they are raw and still unbaked or are well-baked are liable to get broken; just as all pots must end in breaking up; just as there is no pot that can avoid breaking up so also, Great King, all beings are subject to death. Death is the (inevitable) end. Death cannot be avoided."

      Thus said the Bhagava ...p... (this further utterance:) "All beings will die; indeed life ends in death."

      "Incurring good or bad effects of their own actions, they will proceed according to their actions incurring good and bad consequence."

      "Those who do evil deeds will go to the realms of continuous suffering. And those who do good deeds will go to the good destinations."

      "Therefore one should accumulate merit relating to the future state. Only good deeds can be relied on by beings (to stand in good stead) in future existences."

End of the Ayyika Sutta,

the second in this vagga.