1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

1.3“‘aniccaṁ, aniccan’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of ‘impermanence’.1.4Katamaṁ nu kho, bhante, aniccan”ti?What has impermanent nature?”

1.5“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, aniccaṁ, vedanā aniccā, saññā aniccā, saṅkhārā aniccā, viññāṇaṁ aniccaṁ.“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are impermanent.

1.6Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…Seeing this …1.7nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

1.8Tatiyaṁ.