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The oil, wick, flame, and light were all impermanent and perishable. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.2) Yo nu kho, bhaginiyo, evaṃ vadeyya: > Now, suppose someone was to say: > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.3) ‘amussa telappadīpassa jhāyato telampi aniccaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, vaṭṭipi aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā, accipi aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā; > ‘While this oil lamp is burning, the oil, the wick, and the flame are all impermanent and perishable. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.4) yā ca khvāssa ābhā sā niccā dhuvā sassatā avipariṇāmadhammā’ti; > But the light is permanent, lasting, eternal, and imperishable.’ > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.5) sammā nu kho so, bhaginiyo, vadamāno vadeyyā”ti? > Would they be speaking rightly?” > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.6) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.7) “Taṃ kissa hetu”? > Why is that? > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.8) “Amussa hi, bhante, telappadīpassa jhāyato telampi aniccaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ, vaṭṭipi aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā, accipi aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā; > Because that oil lamp’s oil, wick, and flame are all impermanent and perishable, > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.9) pagevassa ābhā aniccā vipariṇāmadhammā”ti. > let alone the light.” > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.10) “Evameva kho, bhaginiyo, yo nu kho evaṃ vadeyya: > “In the same way, suppose someone was to say: > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.11) ‘cha khome ajjhattikā āyatanā aniccā; > ‘These six interior sense fields are impermanent. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.12) yañca kho cha ajjhattike āyatane paṭicca paṭisaṃvedeti sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā taṃ niccaṃ dhuvaṃ sassataṃ avipariṇāmadhamman’ti; > But the feeling—whether pleasant, painful, or neutral—that I experience due to these six interior sense fields is permanent, lasting, eternal, and imperishable.’ > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.13) sammā nu kho so, bhaginiyo, vadamāno vadeyyā”ti? > Would they be speaking rightly?” > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.14) “No hetaṃ, bhante”. > “No, sir. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.15) “Taṃ kissa hetu”? > Why is that? > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.16) “Tajjaṃ tajjaṃ, bhante, paccayaṃ paṭicca tajjā tajjā vedanā uppajjanti. > Because each kind of feeling arises dependent on the corresponding condition. > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.17) Tajjassa tajjassa paccayassa nirodhā tajjā tajjā vedanā nirujjhantī”ti. > When the corresponding condition ceases, the appropriate feeling ceases.” > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.18) “Sādhu sādhu, bhaginiyo. > “Good, good, sisters! > — Advice from Nandaka ### [9.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.19) Evañhetaṃ, bhaginiyo, hoti ariyasāvakassa yathābhūtaṃ sammappaññāya passato. > That’s how it is for a noble disciple who truly sees with right wisdom. > — Advice from Nandaka ## Translations (4) - [Il discorso sul consiglio di Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~it-giovannizappa.9.1) — Italian - [Advice from Nandaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~en-sujato.9.1) — English - [Nandakas Unterweisung](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~de-sabbamitta.9.1) — German - [Совет от Нандаки](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146~ru-sv.9.1) — Russian ## Commentaries (1) - [Papañcasūdanī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima!papancasudani.15.4.402) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (1) - [雜阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.samyuktagama*zh-gunabhadra.276.48) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.1-19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima.146.9.1-19) · Pramāṇa