Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandhā Vagga
23. Rādha Saṃyuttaṃ
2. Dutiya Māra Vagga
Suttas Linked to Rādha
2. Māra
Suttas 1-46
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Sutta 22
Nirodha-Dhamma Suttaṃ
An Ending Thing
[22.1][pts][bodh] I Hear Tell:
Once upon a time, The Lucky man,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Jeta Grove,
Anathapiṇḍika's Park.
Then one time there the Ancient Rādha drew near Bhagava,
gave salutation,
and took a seat to one side.
At that time, so seated,
the Ancient Rādha said this to Bhagava:
"'An ending thing! An ending thing!' is the expression.
Now what then, Bhante, is an ending thing?"
"Form, Rādha is an ending thing,
sense experience is an ending thing,
perception is an ending thing,
own-making is an ending thing,
consciousness an ending thing.
Seeing in this way, Rādha,
the well-trained student of the Aristocrats,
finds form wearysome,
finds sense-experience wearysome,
finds perception wearysome,
finds own-making wearysome,
finds consciousness wearysome.
From weariness comes dispassion,
from dispassion comes freedom,
in freedom he knows:
'I am freed!
Left behind is rebirth,
lived is the godly life,
done is duty's doing,
no further it'n-n-at'n me.'"
