1… "What do you think, Rahula, is craving for forms permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, venerable sir."

"Is craving for sounds permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, venerable sir."

"Is craving for odours permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, venerable sir."

"Is craving for tastes permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, venerable sir."

"Is craving for tactile objects permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, venerable sir."

"Is craving for mental phenomena permanent or impermanent?"
"Impermanent, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent suffering or happiness?"
"Suffering, venerable sir."
"Is what is impermanent, suffering, and subject to change fit to be regarded thus: ‘This is mine, this I am, this is my self’?"
"No, venerable sir."

"Seeing thus, Rahula, the instructed noble disciple experiences revulsion towards craving for forms, revulsion towards craving for sounds, revulsion towards craving for odours, revulsion towards craving for tastes, revulsion towards craving for tactile objects, revulsion towards craving for mental phenomena.

Experiencing revulsion, he becomes dispassionate. Through dispassion his mind is liberated.[n.338] Spk explains the three "grips" (gāha) of "mine, I, and my self" exactly as in n. 155. It takes dispassion (virāga) to denote the four paths, liberation (vimutti) the four fruits. Spk does not comment on nibbindati, "experiences revulsion," but the commentaries consistently identify the corresponding noun nibbidā with strong insight knowledge. See above n. 69 When it is liberated there comes the knowledge: ‘It's liberated.’

He understands: ‘Destroyed is birth, the holy life has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is no more for this state of being.’"

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, rāhula, rūpataṇhā niccā vā aniccā vā"ti? "Aniccā, bhante" …

"saddataṇhā … pe …

gandhataṇhā …

rasataṇhā …

phoṭṭhabbataṇhā …

dhammataṇhā niccā vā aniccā vā"ti? "Aniccā, bhante" …

"evaṁ passaṁ, rāhula, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpataṇhāyapi nibbindati … pe … saddataṇhāyapi nibbindati … gandhataṇhāyapi nibbindati … rasataṇhāyapi nibbindati … phoṭṭhabbataṇhāyapi nibbindati … dhammataṇhāyapi nibbindati

… pe …

pajānātī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.