SN 22.102: The Perception of Impermanence
2 pages
… when the perception of impermanence is developed and cultivated it eliminates all desire for sensual pleasures, for rebirth in the realm of luminous form, and for rebirth in a future life. It eliminates all ignorance and eradicates the conceit ‘I am’
The perception of impermanence eliminates lust, ignorance, and conceit. Illustrated with a long series of similes.