[434] "What do you think, bhikkhus — is form (rūpa) permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." …
"…subject to change — but without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'The world is eternal'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"Feeling (vedanā) … perception … volitional formations … Is consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." …
"But without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'The world is eternal'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"Whatever is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, and ranged over by the mind — is that too permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"But is what is impermanent suffering (dukkha) or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"But what is impermanent, suffering, subject to change — without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'The world is eternal'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"Bhikkhus, when a noble disciple has abandoned doubt regarding these six cases, and has abandoned doubt also regarding suffering, … and has abandoned doubt also regarding the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering — 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English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.