Chapter 8 mentions the transience of the physical body. What analogies and descriptions does it use to make this point?

In its discussion on the nature of existence, Chapter 8 uses a powerful analogy to illustrate the body's transient state. It compares the body to the flame of a lamp, which appears to be the same from beginning to end but is actually different every single moment. The chapter emphasizes that what is seen one moment perishes in the next. It further describes the body in stark terms as a temporary and impure vessel, calling it a "washroom of excrement and urine, a foul place of phlegm, pus, and saliva," where death is an ever-present possibility at every moment, highlighting the great misfortune of being attached to it.