Pasenadi comes to the Buddha and tells him that he has been much occupied with kingly matters. The Buddha reminds him by means of a parable that old age and death are ceaselessly rolling on upon him, like mighty mountains crushing everything in their way. Against such an advance his counsellors and his armies would be useless, and the king admits that leading the righteous life is the only way (S.i.100f).
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Middle Length Sayings of the Buddha
Long Discourses of the Buddha
Connected Discourses of the Buddha