1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho āyasmā rāhulo yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā rāhulo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā sankhittena dhammaṃ desetu, yamahaṃ bhagavato dhammaṃ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan"ti.

2 "Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, rāhula, cakkhuṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā"ti? "Aniccaṃ, bhante". "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā"ti? "Dukkhaṃ, bhante". "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ:  ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti? "No hetaṃ, bhante".

3 "Sotaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā"ti? "Aniccaṃ, bhante" … pe … . "Ghānaṃ niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vā"ti? "Aniccaṃ, bhante" …   "Jivhā niccā vā aniccā vā"ti? "Aniccā, bhante" …   "Kāyo nicco vā anicco vā"ti? "Anicco, bhante" …   "Mano nicco vā anicco vā"ti? "Anicco, bhante". "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vā"ti? "Dukkhaṃ, bhante". "Yaṃ panāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ:  ‘etaṃ mama, esohamasmi, eso me attā’"ti? "No hetaṃ, bhante".

4 "Evaṃ passaṃ, rāhula, sutavā ariyasāvako cakkhusmimpi nibbindati … pe … sotasmimpi nibbindati … ghānasmimpi nibbindati … jivhāyapi nibbindati … kāyasmimpi nibbindati … manasmimpi nibbindati; nibbindaṃ virajjati; virāgā vimuccati; vimuttasmiṃ vimuttamiti ñāṇaṃ hoti. ‘Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyā’ti pajānātī"ti. (Etena peyyālena dasa suttantā kātabbā.)

Paṭhamaṃ.