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Linked Discourses 22.132 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.132

13. Ignorance – 13. Avijjāvagga

SN 22.132 Origin (2nd) – Dutiyasamudayasutta

 

At Benares.

Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…

Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta:

ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:

“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.

“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.

What is knowledge?

Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;

And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”

kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?

“Reverend, an educated noble disciple truly understands the origin, the ending, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,

“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

feeling,

Vedanāya …pe…

perception,

saññāya …

saṅkhāra,

saṅkhārānaṁ …

and consciousness.

viññāṇassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

This is called knowledge.

Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā;

And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.”

ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.