12.
The Discourse on Having the Nature of Cessation
193.
At Sāvatthī.
Seated to one side, the Venerable Rādha said this to the Blessed One -
"It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One would expound to me the Teaching in brief, so that having heard the Teaching from the Blessed One, I might dwell alone, withdrawn, diligent, ardent, and resolute."
"Whatever, Rādha, has the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, lust is to be abandoned, desire and lust is to be abandoned. And what, Rādha, has the nature of cessation? Matter, Rādha, has the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc. Feeling has the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc. Perception has the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc. Activities have the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc. Consciousness has the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, etc. Whatever, Rādha, has the nature of cessation; therein your desire is to be abandoned, lust is to be abandoned, desire and lust is to be abandoned."