[446] "What do you think, bhikkhus — is form permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." … "subject to change — then without clinging to that, could such a view (diṭṭhi) arise: 'The winds do not blow … they stand steadfast as a pillar'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"Thus indeed, bhikkhus, when there is suffering (dukkha), it is by clinging to suffering, by adhering to suffering, that such a view arises: 'The winds do not blow … they stand steadfast as a pillar.'
"Is feeling (vedanā) … perception … volitional formations … consciousness permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir." … "subject to change — then without clinging to that, could such a view arise: 'The winds do not blow … they stand steadfast as a pillar'?"
"Certainly not, venerable sir."
"Thus indeed, bhikkhus, when there is suffering, it is by clinging to suffering, by adhering to suffering, that such a view arises: 'The winds do not blow, the rivers do not flow, pregnant women do not give birth, the moon and sun neither rise nor set, but stand steadfast as a pillar.'"
(For the earlier modes of exposition are the eighteen expositions given in full.)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.