5 wishes that can never come true

Five wishes that can never come true:

1. May what is subject to aging not age. This is something that cannot be gotten by a contemplative, a priest, a deva, a Mara, a Brahma, or anyone at all in the world.

2. May what is subject to illness not grow ill.

3. May what is subject to death not die.

4. May what is subject to ending not end.

5. May what is subject to destruction not be destroyed.

(from Anguttara Nikaya 5.49)

References

• The Complete Book of Buddha's Lists -- Explained. David N. Snyder, Ph.D., 2006.
• http://www.thedhamma.com/