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Linked Discourses 56.18 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.18

2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma – 2. Dhammacakkappavattanavagga

SN 56.18 Knowledge – Vijjāsutta

Then a bhikkhu went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

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

“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.

What is knowledge?

Katamā nu kho, bhante, vijjā;

And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”

kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?

“Knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.

“Yaṁ kho, bhikkhu, dukkhe ñāṇaṁ, dukkhasamudaye ñāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhe ñāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ñāṇaṁ—

This is called knowledge.

ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā;

And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.

ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotīti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”

Tasmātiha, bhikkhu, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.