[420] "What do you think, bhikkhus, is form (rūpa) permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." …
"But without clinging to that, would such a view arise: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"Is feeling (vedanā) … perception … volitional formations … consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent…"
"But without clinging to that, would such a view arise: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"That which is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and ranged over by the mind — is that permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"And that which is impermanent — is it suffering (dukkha) or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"And that which is impermanent, suffering, subject to change — without clinging to that, would such a view arise: 'This is mine, this I am, this is my self'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"When, bhikkhus, a noble disciple has abandoned doubt regarding these six standpoints, and has abandoned doubt regarding suffering as well, … and has abandoned doubt regarding the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering as well — this noble disciple, bhikkhus, is called a stream-enterer (sotāpanna), no longer subject to downfall, fixed in destiny, with awakening as his destination."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.