All things must pass. Nothing stays forever. Few believe this, even if someone teaches and exhorts them. They are deluded by their passionate attachments, unaware of the Way, misguided and trapped by anger and enmity, and intent on gaining wealth and gratifying their carnal desires like wolves. In the same family, when one of the parents, children, brothers, sisters, husband or wife dies, those surviving mourn over the loss, and their attachment to the deceased persists.
Deep sorrow fills their hearts and, grief-stricken, they mournfully think of the departed.
Days pass and years go by, but their distress goes on. Even if someone teaches them the Way, their minds are not awakened. Brooding over fond memories of the dead, they cannot rid themselves of attachment. As they wander here and there, they come to their end and die before entering on the Way. Hence, many are ignorant of the Way, and few realize it.