As Vaidehi was gazing at her, the beautiful maiden began to turn into an ugly old woman with wrinkled skin and grey hair. She grew older and older, weaker and weaker until she sank to the ground and died. Although this was only a vision, Vaidehi hid her face in horror. The Buddha pitied her and said, “Beauty does not last. Those attached to beauty are like a spider entangled in its own web — the spider has no way out. Not being attached is true freedom.”