[263] At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, the perception of impermanence (aniccasaññā), when developed and cultivated, eliminates all lust for sensual pleasures (kāmarāga), eliminates all lust for form (rūparāga), eliminates all lust for existence (bhavarāga), eliminates all ignorance (avijjā), and uproots all conceit 'I am' (asmimāna).
"Just as, bhikkhus, in the autumn season a ploughman, ploughing with a great plough, ploughs through and cuts apart all the spreading rootlets as he ploughs — even so, bhikkhus, the perception of impermanence, when developed and cultivated, eliminates all lust for sensual pleasures, eliminates all lust for form, eliminates all lust for existence, eliminates all ignorance, and uproots all conceit 'I am'."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.