[795] Evamme sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme . atha kho bhagavato rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi paripakkā kho rāhulassa vimuttiparipācanīyā dhammā yannūnāhaṃ rāhulaṃ uttariṃ āsavānaṃ khaye vineyyanti.

[796] Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṃ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya sāvatthiṃ piṇḍāya pāvisi . sāvatthiyaṃ piṇḍāya caritvā pacchābhattaṃ piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto āyasmantaṃ rāhulaṃ āmantesi gaṇhāhi rāhula nisīdanaṃ yena andhavanaṃ tenupasaṅkamissāma divāvihārāyāti . Evambhanteti kho āyasmā rāhulo bhagavato paṭissutvā nisīdanaṃ ādāya bhagavantaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhi . tena kho pana samayena anekāni devatāsahassāni bhagavantaṃ anubandhāni honti ajja bhagavā āyasmantaṃ rāhulaṃ uttariṃ āsavānaṃ khaye vinessatīti . Atha kho bhagavā andhavanaṃ ajjhogahetvā aññatarasmiṃ rukkhamūle paññatte āsane nisīdi . āyasmāpi kho rāhulo bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi.

[797] Ekamantaṃ nisinnaṃ kho āyasmantaṃ rāhulaṃ bhagavā etadavoca taṃ kiṃ maññasi rāhula cakkhu niccaṃ vā aniccaṃ vāti . aniccaṃ Bhante . yampanāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vāti . dukkhaṃ bhante . Yampanāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ etaṃ mama esohamasmi eso me attāti. No hetaṃ bhante.

[798] Taṃ kiṃ maññasi rahula rūpā niccā vā aniccā vāti . aniccā bhante . yampanāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vā taṃ sukhaṃ vāti. Dukkhaṃ bhante . yampanāniccaṃ dukkhaṃ vipariṇāmadhammaṃ kallaṃ nu taṃ samanupassituṃ etaṃ mama esohamasmi eso me attāti . no hetaṃ bhante.