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In response to a king’s grief over his queen's death, the Buddha teaches that aging, illness, death, and loss are inevitable. He contrasts the self-torment of an ordinary person who resists these truths with the peace a learned disciple of the Noble Ones finds through acceptance, thereby removing the “poisonous dart of sorrow.”

Redefining ‘luck’ as the fruit of skillful action, the Buddha outlines the highest blessings that bring lasting well-being and peace.

The Blessed One explains the two thoughts that frequently arise in him - the thought of safety for beings and the thought of seclusion.

When an aging householder approaches the Buddha distressed by his failing body, the Buddha advises him to train so his mind remains unafflicted despite physical decline. The venerable Sāriputta then clarifies this teaching.

The Blessed One teaches Visākhā on the nature of attachment and suffering.

The Buddha describes the three elements - 1.) form element, 2.) formless element, and 3.) element of cessation.

A deity asks the Buddha how the complexion of those dwelling in the wilderness and living the spiritual life becomes serene.

Radiant deities visit the Buddha to praise the virtues of associating with the wise and learning the good Dhamma of the sages. The Buddha then shares the ultimate benefit of this noble association.

The young deity Siva recites a verse to the Buddha about the importance of associating with the wise and the good.

Redefining ‘luck’ as the fruit of skillful action, the Buddha outlines the highest blessings that bring lasting well-being and peace.

The Buddha recounts his striving and meditation under the Nerañjarā river, where he was approached by Māra. The Buddha rejects Māra's temptations and describes the qualities of a true practitioner who conquers Māra's army.

Verses depicting the uncertain, brief, and suffering-laden nature of mortal life, emphasizing the inevitability of death for all beings, like ripe fruits fated to fall. The Buddha counsels against futile grief and lamentation over the departed, urging the wise to understand the world’s relentless course of decay and death.

The Buddha describes the conduct of a person who is said to be ‘peaceful’. Such a person is free from craving before the breaking up of body. He is one who examines distinctions in all contacts, withdrawn, straightforward, unassuming, unmoved amid views, not holding to a construct, and for whom, there is no ‘mine’ in the world.

The Buddha describes three types of people - the blind, the one-eyed, and the two-eyed.

The Buddha explains the distinction between how an uninstructed ordinary person and a learned disciple of the Noble Ones respond to the five unobtainable states of aging, illness, death, perishing, and loss.

Monks mistake venerable Bhaddiya’s exclamation of “bliss” for nostalgia of his royal past. Bhaddiya explains to the Buddha that kingship was fearful, while his current monastic life is true bliss because it is fearless. The Buddha then praises the profound happiness found in being free from inner turmoil.

Seeing venerable Sāriputta sitting in a meditation posture, content, secluded, disentangled and with energy aroused for cultivation of the mind, the Buddha expresses an inspired utterance.

The venerable Upasena reflects on his fortunate spiritual life and his teacher, the Buddha. The Buddha, perceiving Upasena's thoughts, expresses an inspired utterance.

DhammaPada verses 21-32 share the distinct path and outcomes of diligence and negligence. On seeing this clearly, the wise guard diligence like the most important wealth. One devoted to diligence burns away all fetters, is incapable of decline, and is near to Nibbāna.

Dhammapada verses 90-99 describe the qualities and conduct of the Arahant, a fully awakened being who has reached the end of the path. Free from defilements and clinging, their actions leave no trace, like birds in the sky. At peace and delighting in solitude, wherever they dwell becomes a place of beauty.