[152] At Sāvatthī. There … "Bhikkhus, form (rūpaṃ) is impermanent. What is impermanent is suffering (dukkha); what is suffering is nonself (anattā); what is nonself should be seen as it really is (yathābhūta) with right wisdom (sammappaññā) thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.' Feeling (vedanā) … Perception (saññā) … Volitional formations (saṅkhārā) … Consciousness (viññāṇaṃ) is impermanent. What is impermanent is suffering; what is suffering is nonself; what is nonself should be seen as it really is with right wisdom thus: 'This is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self.'
"Seeing thus, bhikkhus, the instructed noble disciple becomes disenchanted with form; with feeling … with perception … with volitional formations … he becomes disenchanted with consciousness. Being disenchanted, he becomes dispassionate; through dispassion he is liberated. When it is liberated, there is the knowledge (ñāṇa): 'It is liberated.' He understands: 'Birth (jāti) is destroyed, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more coming to any state of being.'
"Bhikkhus, as far as there are abodes of beings (sattāvāsā), as far as the peak of existence (bhavaggaṃ), these are the foremost, these are the best in the world, namely the arahants."
This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One, the Teacher, further said this:
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.