Nirodhdhaṁmasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 416

[416] At Sāvatthī. The Blessed One said this to the Venerable Rādha, who was seated to one side: "Rādha, whatever is subject to cessation (nirodhadhamma) — there you should abandon desire (chanda). You should abandon lust (rāga). You should abandon desire and lust (chandarāga). And what, Rādha, is subject to cessation? Form (rūpa), Rādha, is subject to cessation — there you should abandon desire. You should abandon lust. You should abandon desire and lust. Feeling (vedanā) … Perception … Volitional formations … Consciousness is subject to cessation — there you should abandon desire. You should abandon lust. You should abandon desire and lust. Rādha, whatever is subject to cessation — there you should abandon desire. You should abandon lust. You should abandon desire and lust." The Fourth Chapter, on Sitting Nearby (Upanisinnavagga), is finished. Its summary (uddāna): Māra and subject to Māra, two others with the impermanent, two spoken with suffering,¹ two others with non-self,² destruction, vanishing, origin — with "subject to cessation," twelve. The Rādhasaṃyutta is completed. _________ ¹ Yu (variant reading): "and suffering; two spoken; two with non-self; the eighth." ² M (variant reading): "to be understood by what has been stated." The Diṭṭhisaṃyutta _________ The First Chapter, on Stream-Entry (Sotāpattivagga)

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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