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 14
Anicca-Dhamma Suttaṃ
An Unstable Thing
[14.1][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 unstable thing! An unstable thing!'[1] is the expression.
Now what then, Bhante, is an unstable thing?"
Form, Rādha is an unstable thing,
sense experience is an unstable thing,
perception is an unstable thing,
own-making is an unstable thing,
consciousness an unstable 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.'"
