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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: 26 of 44
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/26/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses III: The Aggregates · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Khandhavagga, section 26. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/26/"
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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.

## 26. Sitting Close · SN 23.46

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/26/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-3/26/#p-N

[¶0] SN 23.46 · Liable to Cease

> Pali: SN 23.46 · Nirodhadhammasutta

[¶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 liable to cease. And what is liable to cease? Form is liable to cease. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for it.

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

[¶4] Feeling …

> Pali: Vedanā …pe…

[¶5] Perception …

> Pali: saññā …pe…

[¶6] Choices …

> Pali: saṅkhārā …pe…

[¶7] Consciousness is liable to cease. 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 liable to cease.”

> Pali: viññāṇaṁ nirodhadhammo; tatra te chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo. Yo kho, rādha, nirodhadhammo; tatra te chando pahātabbo, rāgo pahātabbo, chandarāgo pahātabbo”ti.

[¶8] > Pali: Upanisinnavaggo catuttho.

[¶9] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶10] > Pali: Māro ca māradhammo ca,
Aniccena apare duve;
Dukkhena ca duve vuttā,
Anattena tatheva ca;
Khayavayasamudayaṁ,
Nirodhadhammena dvādasāti.

[¶11] The Linked Discourses with Rādha are complete.

> Pali: Rādhasaṁyuttaṁ samattaṁ.