[430] "What do you think, bhikkhus — is form (rūpaṃ) permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." … "and subject to change — but without clinging to that, could such a view (diṭṭhi) arise: 'There is no cause, there is no condition … they experience pleasure and pain'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"Is feeling (vedanā) … perception … volitional formations … consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." … "But without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'There is no cause, there is no condition … they experience pleasure and pain'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"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." … "But without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'There is no cause, there is no condition … they experience pleasure and pain'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"When, bhikkhus, a noble disciple has abandoned doubt in these six cases, and doubt about suffering (dukkha) is abandoned for him … and doubt about the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering is abandoned for him — this noble disciple, bhikkhus, is called a stream-enterer (sotāpanna), no longer subject to downfall, fixed in destiny, with full awakening as his destination."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.