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SN 23.14PTS SN 3.1951 min read

Liable to Impermanence

Aniccadhammasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about what is of impermanent nature, and the Buddha explains in terms of the five aggregates.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.14Linked Discourses 23.14
  • 0.22. Dutiyamāravagga2. About Māra (2nd)

0.3AniccadhammasuttaLiable to Impermanence

1.1PTS 3.196Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.3“‘aniccadhammo, aniccadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of having ‘impermanent nature’.1.4Katamo nu kho, bhante, aniccadhammo”ti?What is of impermanent nature?”

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

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

1.8Catutthaṁ.