[422] "What do you think, bhikkhus: is form permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." … "subject to change — but without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'That which is the self …' … 'not subject to change'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"Is feeling (vedanā) … Is perception … Are volitional formations … Is consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"But without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'That which is the self …' … 'not subject to change'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"And that which is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and ranged over by the mind — is that too permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"And that which is impermanent … but without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'That which is the self is the world; having passed away, that I shall be — permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"When, bhikkhus, a noble disciple has abandoned doubt (kaṅkhā) in these six cases, and his doubt about suffering (dukkha) is abandoned, … and his doubt about the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering is abandoned — this, bhikkhus, is called a noble disciple who is a stream-enterer (sotāpanna), no longer subject to the lower realms, fixed in destiny, bound for full awakening."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.