[400] Sāvatthī. Then the Venerable Rādha approached the Blessed One; having approached … he said this to the Blessed One: "It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent (ātāpī), and resolute."
"Rādha, whatever is subject to cessation (nirodhadhamma), there you should abandon desire (chanda); lust (rāga) should be abandoned; desire and lust (chandarāga) should be abandoned. And what, Rādha, is subject to cessation? Form (rūpa), Rādha, is subject to cessation; there you should abandon desire; lust should be abandoned; desire and lust should be abandoned. Feeling (vedanā) … Perception … Volitional formations … Consciousness is subject to cessation; there you should abandon desire; lust should be abandoned; desire and lust should be abandoned. Whatever, Rādha, is subject to cessation, there you should abandon desire; lust should be abandoned; desire and lust should be abandoned."
The Āyācana Vagga, the third.
Its summary verse (uddāna):
Māra and subject-to-Māra, / and two others with "impermanent";¹ / two spoken with "suffering," / and likewise with "not-self"; / destruction, vanishing, origination — / with "subject to cessation," twelve.
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¹ The Burmese and European editions read *aniccena*.
The Upanisinna Vagga, the fourth, in the Rādhasaṃyutta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.