Impermanence: A Translation of the First Chapter of the Tibetan Udanavarga
By Peter Skilling
when the thread of the warp is stretched out
And the weft is woven through, back and forth
In the end the thread runs out:
Like this is the life of mortals.
In Sarvāstivādin and Mūlasarvāstivādin circles the Udānavarga was as popular as is the Dhamma-pada in Theravādin circles, and it circulated widely in South and Central Asia.