Liable to Fall Vayadhammasutta

At Sāvatthī. Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Seated to one side, Venerable Rādha said to the Buddha: Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“Sir, they speak of a ‘liability to fall’. “‘vayadhammo, vayadhammo’ti, bhante, vuccati. What has a liability to fall?” Katamo nu kho, bhante, vayadhammo”ti?

“Rādha, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness have a liability to fall. “Rūpaṁ kho, rādha, vayadhammo, vedanā vayadhammo, saññā vayadhammo, saṅkhārā vayadhammo, viññāṇaṁ vayadhammo.

Seeing this … Evaṁ passaṁ …pe… They understand: ‘… there is nothing further for this place.’” nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānātī”ti.