With Yamaka 13.1-16

13.1

“Sace taṃ, āvuso yamaka, evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:

“Reverend Yamaka, suppose they were to ask you:

13.2

‘yo so, āvuso yamaka, bhikkhu arahaṃ khīṇāsavo so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā kiṃ hotī’ti?

‘When their body breaks up, after death, what happens to a perfected one, who has ended the defilements?’

13.3

Evaṃ puṭṭho tvaṃ, āvuso yamaka, kinti byākareyyāsī”ti?

How would you answer?”

13.4

“Sace maṃ, āvuso, evaṃ puccheyyuṃ:

“Reverend, if they were to ask this,

13.5

‘yo so, āvuso yamaka, bhikkhu arahaṃ khīṇāsavo so kāyassa bhedā paraṃ maraṇā kiṃ hotī’ti?

13.6

Evaṃ puṭṭhohaṃ, āvuso, evaṃ byākareyyaṃ:

I’d answer like this:

13.7

‘rūpaṃ kho, āvuso, aniccaṃ.

‘Reverend, form is impermanent.

13.8

Yadaniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ;

What’s impermanent is suffering.

13.9

yaṃ dukkhaṃ taṃ niruddhaṃ tadatthaṅgataṃ.

What’s suffering has ceased and disappeared.

13.10

Vedanā …

Feeling …

13.11

saññā …

perception …

13.12

saṅkhārā …

choices …

13.13

viññāṇaṃ aniccaṃ.

consciousness is impermanent.

13.14

Yadaniccaṃ taṃ dukkhaṃ;

What’s impermanent is suffering.

13.15

yaṃ dukkhaṃ taṃ niruddhaṃ tadatthaṅgatan’ti.

What’s suffering has ceased and disappeared.’

13.16

Evaṃ puṭṭhohaṃ, āvuso, evaṃ byākareyyan”ti.

That’s how I’d answer such a question.”