The Buddha teaches Venerable Rādha on the five aggregates regarding liable to cease, guiding him toward insight, dispassion, and liberation.

SN 23.22 Liable to Cease

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“‘nirodhadhammo, nirodhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. Katamo nu kho, bhante, nirodhadhammo”ti?

“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, nirodhadhammo, vedanā nirodhadhammo, saññā nirodhadhammo, saṅkhārā nirodhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ nirodhadhammo.

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

Dvādasamaṁ.

Dutiyamāravaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

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

Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha:

“‘nirodhadhammo, nirodhadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of a ‘liability to cease’.

Katamo nu kho, bhante, nirodhadhammo”ti?

What has a liability to cease?”

“Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, nirodhadhammo, vedanā nirodhadhammo, saññā nirodhadhammo, saṅkhārā nirodhadhammo, viññāṇaṁ nirodhadhammo.

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness have a liability to cease.

Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’”

Dvādasamaṁ.

Dutiyamāravaggo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Māro ca māradhammo ca,

Aniccena apare duve;

Dukkhena ca duve vuttā,

Anattena tatheva ca;

Khayavayasamudayaṁ,

Nirodhadhammena dvādasāti.

Qualities:

Wisdom

Wisdom

Lived understanding and sound judgment that steers the mind away from suffering, distinct from mere accumulation of facts.

Also known as: (of a person) wise, astute, intelligent, learned, skilled, firm, stable, steadfast, an experiential understanding of the four noble truths
Pāli: paññā, medhā, dhīra, paṇḍita, asammūḷha
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