Forms

1. ßI heard thus. At one time the Blessed One was living in the monastery offered by Anàthapiõóika in Jeta's grove in Sàvatthi.

2. The Blessed One addressed the monks from there:

3. ßMonks, the arising, prevailing, rebirth, and manifestation of forms is the arising of unpleasantness, prevalence of ailments, and the manifestation of decay and death.

4-8. ßMonks, the arising, prevailing, rebirth, and manifestation of sounds ... re ... scents ... re ... tastes ... re ... touches ... re ... ideas is the arising of unpleasantness, prevalence of ailments, and the manifestation of decay and death.

9. ßMonks, the cessation, appeasement and fading of forms is the cessation of unpleasantness, the appeasement of ailments, and the disappearance of decay and death.

10-13. Monks, the cessation, appeasement and fading of sounds, ... re ... scents ... re ... tastes ... re ... and touches is the cessation of unpleasantness, the appeasement of ailments, and the disappearance of decay and death.

14. Monks, the cessation, appeasement and fading of ideas is the cessation of unpleasantness, the appeasement of ailments, and the disappearance of decay and death.