2. Dutiyamāravagga

2. About Māra (2nd)

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 23.20

Linked Discourses 23.20

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2. Dutiyamāravagga

2. About Māra (2nd)

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Vayadhammasutta

liable to fall

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

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

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

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

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Katamo nu kho, bhante, vayadhammo”ti?

What has a liability to fall?”

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

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

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Evaṁ passaṁ …pe…

Seeing this …

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nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.

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

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Dasamaṁ.