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liable to fall Vayadhammasutta

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 fall’. ā€œā€˜vayadhammo, vayadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What is liable to fall?ā€ Katamo nu kho, bhante, vayadhammoā€ti?

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

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

Dasamaṁ.