- Linked Discourses 23.22Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.22
- 2. About Māra (2nd)2. Dutiyamāravagga
Liable to CeaseNirodhadhammasutta
At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“Sir, they speak of a ‘liability to cease’.“‘nirodhadhammo, nirodhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What has a liability to cease?”Katamo nu kho, bhante, nirodhadhammo”ti?
“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness have a liability to cease.“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, nirodhadhammo, vedanā nirodhadhammo, saññā nirodhadhammo, saṅkhārā nirodhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ nirodhadhammo.
Seeing this …Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.