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Liable To Cease Nirodhadhammasutta

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 cease’. ā€œā€˜nirodhadhammo, nirodhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What is liable to cease?ā€ Katamo nu kho, bhante, nirodhadhammoā€ti?

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

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

Dvādasamaṁ.

Dutiyamāravaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Māro ca māradhammo ca, Aniccena apare duve; Dukkhena ca duve vuttā, Anattena tatheva ca; Khayavayasamudayaṁ, Nirodhadhammena dvādasāti.