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Liable to Originate

Samudayadhammasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about what is liable to arise, 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 23.21Linked Discourses 23.21
  • 0.22. Dutiyamāravagga2. About Māra (2nd)

0.3SamudayadhammasuttaLiable to Originate

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

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

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

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

1.8Ekādasamaṁ.