sn41.10:2.1 When they said this, Citta said to them,
sn41.10:2.2 “That too is impermanent! That too will pass! That too will be left behind!”
sn41.10:2.3 When he said this, his friends and colleagues, relatives and kin said,
sn41.10:2.4 “Be mindful, master! Don’t babble.”
sn41.10:2.5 “What have I said that makes you say that?”
sn41.10:2.7 “It’s because you said:
sn41.10:2.8 ‘That too is impermanent! That too will pass! That too will be left behind!’”
sn41.10:2.9 “Oh, well, that’s because the deities of the parks, forests, trees, and those who haunt the herbs, grass, and big trees said to me:
sn41.10:2.10 ‘Householder, make a wish to become a wheel-turning monarch in the future!’
sn41.10:2.11 So I said to them:
sn41.10:2.12 ‘That too is impermanent! That too will pass! That too will be left behind!’”
sn41.10:2.13 “But what reason do they see for saying that to you?”
sn41.10:2.15 “They think:
sn41.10:2.16 ‘This householder Citta is ethical, of good character.
sn41.10:2.17 If he makes a wish to
sn41.10:2.18 become a wheel-turning monarch in the future, his heart’s wish will succeed because of the purity of his ethics. And then as a proper, principled king he will provide proper spirit-offerings.’
sn41.10:2.19 That’s the reason they see for saying to me:
sn41.10:2.20 ‘Householder, make a wish to become a wheel-turning monarch in the future!’
sn41.10:2.21 So I said to them:
sn41.10:2.22 ‘That too is impermanent! That too will pass! That too will be left behind!’”