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title: "Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 25 of 44
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/25/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga, section 25. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/25/"
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# Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Form, feeling, perception, choices and consciousness: the five aggregates, and the teaching of not-self.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 25. Eleven Discourses on Māra, Etc. · SN 23.35–23.45

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/25/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/25/#p-N

[¶0] SN 23.35

> Pali: SN 23.35

[¶1] At Sāvatthī.

> Pali: Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

[¶2] When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him:

> Pali: Ekamantaṁ nisinnaṁ kho āyasmantaṁ rādhaṁ bhagavā etadavoca:

[¶3] “Rādha, you should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for whatever is Māra. And what is Māra? Form is Māra. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for it. …

> Pali: “yo kho, rādha, māro; tatra te chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Ko ca, rādha, māro? Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, māro; tatra te chando pahātabbo …pe…

[¶4] Consciousness is Māra. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for it. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for whatever is Māra.”

> Pali: viññāṇaṁ māro; tatra te chando pahātabbo …pe… yo kho, rādha, māro; tatra te chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.

[¶5] SN 23.36

> Pali: SN 23.36

[¶6] “You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for whatever is subject to Māra …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, māradhammo; tatra te chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe….

[¶7] SN 23.37

> Pali: SN 23.37

[¶8] “… impermanent …”

> Pali: “Yaṁ kho, rādha, aniccaṁ …pe….

[¶9] SN 23.38

> Pali: SN 23.38

[¶10] “… liable to impermanence …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, aniccadhammo …pe….

[¶11] SN 23.39

> Pali: SN 23.39

[¶12] “… suffering …”

> Pali: “Yaṁ kho, rādha, dukkhaṁ …pe….

[¶13] SN 23.40

> Pali: SN 23.40

[¶14] “… liable to suffering …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, dukkhadhammo …pe….

[¶15] SN 23.41

> Pali: SN 23.41

[¶16] “… not-self …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, anattā …pe….

[¶17] SN 23.42

> Pali: SN 23.42

[¶18] “… liable to not-self …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, anattadhammo …pe….

[¶19] SN 23.43

> Pali: SN 23.43

[¶20] “… liable to end …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, khayadhammo …pe….

[¶21] SN 23.44

> Pali: SN 23.44

[¶22] “… liable to fall …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, vayadhammo …pe….

[¶23] SN 23.45

> Pali: SN 23.45

[¶24] “… liable to originate …”

> Pali: “Yo kho, rādha, samudayadhammo; tatra te chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo …pe….