• Linked Discourses 23.16 Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.16
  • 2. About Māra (2nd) 2. Dutiyamāravagga

Liable to Suffering Dukkhadhammasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

ā€œSir, they speak of ā€˜liable to suffering’. ā€œā€˜dukkhadhammo, dukkhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What is liable to suffering?ā€ Katamo nu kho, bhante, dukkhadhammoā€ti?

ā€œRādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are liable to suffering. ā€œRÅ«paṁ kho, rādha, dukkhadhammo, vedanā dukkhadhammo, saƱƱā dukkhadhammo, saį¹…khārā dukkhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ dukkhadhammo.

Seeing this … Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ā€˜ā€¦ there is nothing further for this place.ā€™ā€ nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātÄ«ā€ti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.