3. Thus have I heard. On a certain occasion the Blessed One dwelt at Savatthi, in the Jetavana, the garden of Anâthapindika.
Now at that time the Blessed One was sitting, looking back upon the various evil and wicked conditions abandoned by him, and contemplating the many good conditions fulfilled.
And the Blessed One looking back upon the various evil and wicked conditions abandoned by him and contemplating the many good conditions fulfilled, on that occasion, breathed forth this solemn utterance:
“That which was, is not now: that which was not formerly, now is:
It has not been, it will not be, it is not now.”