1Then the Venerable Radha approached the Blessed One … and said to him: "Venerable sir, it would be good if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief, so that, having heard the Dhamma from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute."

"Radha, you should abandon desire for whatever is impermanent. And what is impermanent? The eye is impermanent; you should abandon desire for it. Forms are impermanent … Eye-consciousness is impermanent … Eye-contact is impermanent … Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant—that too is impermanent; you should abandon desire for it.

"The ear … The mind is impermanent … Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … that too is impermanent; you should abandon desire for it. sn.iv.49 Radha, you should abandon desire for whatever is impermanent."

1Atha kho āyasmā rādho … pe … ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā rādho bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: "sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan"ti.

"Yaṁ kho, rādha, aniccaṁ tatra te chando pahātabbo. Kiñca, rādha, aniccaṁ tatra te chando pahātabbo? Cakkhu aniccaṁ, rūpā aniccā, cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … cakkhusamphasso … yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccaṁ. Tatra te chando pahātabbo … pe … jivhā … kāyo … mano anicco. Tatra te chando pahātabbo.

Dhammā … manoviññāṇaṁ … manosamphasso … yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccaṁ. Tatra te chando pahātabbo. Yaṁ kho, rādha, aniccaṁ tatra te chando pahātabbo"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.