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SN 23.22PTS SN 3.1971 min read

Liable to Cease

Nirodhadhammasutta

Rādha asks the Buddha about what is liable to cease, 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 23.22Linked Discourses 23.22
  • 0.22. Dutiyamāravagga2. About Māra (2nd)

0.3NirodhadhammasuttaLiable to Cease

1.1PTS 3.198Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

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

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

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

1.8Dvādasamaṁ.

1.9Dutiyamāravaggo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Māro ca māradhammo ca,2.2Aniccena apare duve;2.3Dukkhena ca duve vuttā,2.4Anattena tatheva ca;2.5Khayavayasamudayaṁ,2.6Nirodhadhammena dvādasāti.