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Liable to End

Khayadhammasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about what is liable to end, 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 23.19Linked Discourses 23.19
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0.3KhayadhammasuttaLiable to End

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

1.3“‘khayadhammo, khayadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of a ‘liability to end’.1.4Katamo nu kho, bhante, khayadhammo”ti?What has a liability to end?”

1.5“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, khayadhammo, vedanā khayadhammo, saññā khayadhammo, saṅkhārā khayadhammo, viññāṇaṁ khayadhammo.“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness have a liability to end.

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

1.8Navamaṁ.