[48] At Sāvatthī. In the park. Then the Venerable Ānanda approached the Blessed One; having approached and paid homage to the Blessed One, he sat down at one side. Sitting at one side, the Venerable Ānanda said this to the Blessed One: "'Cessation (nirodha), cessation,' venerable sir, it is said. Of which things (dhammā), venerable sir, is the cessation¹ called 'cessation'?"
"Form (rūpa), Ānanda, is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation. Its cessation is called 'cessation.' Feeling (vedanā) is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation. Its cessation is called 'cessation.' Perception is impermanent … Volitional formations are impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation. Their cessation is called 'cessation.' Consciousness is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation. Its cessation is called 'cessation.' It is the cessation of these things, Ānanda, that is called 'cessation.'"
¹ In the European (Yu.) edition, "nirodhā" appears throughout.
The Chapter on Impermanence, the second.
Its summary verse (uddāna):
Impermanent, suffering, non-self; three others on "what is impermanent";
three also spoken with "cause"; and with the one to Ānanda, these make ten.
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The Chapter on the Burden, third in the Mūlapaṇṇāsaka of the Khandhasaṃyutta.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.