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Liable to Fall

Vayadhammasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about what is liable to vanish, 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 23.20Linked Discourses 23.20
  • 0.22. Dutiyamāravagga2. About Māra (2nd)

0.3VayadhammasuttaLiable to Fall

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

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

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

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

1.8Dasamaṁ.