Pabhangusutta 1.1-13

1.1

Sāvatthinidānaṃ.

At Sāvatthī.

1.2

“Pabhaṅguñca, bhikkhave, desessāmi appabhaṅguñca.

“Mendicants, I will teach you what is brittle and what is not brittle.

1.3

Taṃ suṇātha.

Listen …

1.4

Kiñca, bhikkhave, pabhaṅgu, kiṃ appabhaṅgu?

And what is brittle? What is not brittle?

1.5

Rūpaṃ, bhikkhave, pabhaṅgu.

Form is brittle,

1.6

Yo tassa nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṃ appabhaṅgu.

but its cessation, settling, and disappearance is not brittle.

1.7

Vedanā pabhaṅgu.

Feeling …

1.8

Yo tassā nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṃ appabhaṅgu.

1.9

Saññā pabhaṅgu …

perception …

1.10

saṅkhārā pabhaṅgu.

choices …

1.11

Yo tesaṃ nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṃ appabhaṅgu.

1.12

Viññāṇaṃ pabhaṅgu.

consciousness is brittle,

1.13

Yo tassa nirodho vūpasamo atthaṅgamo, idaṃ appabhaṅgū”ti.

but its cessation, settling, and disappearance is not brittle.”