12. Dhammakathikavagga

12. A Dhamma speaker

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.113

Linked Discourses 22.113

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12. Dhammakathikavagga

12. A Dhamma speaker

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Avijjāsutta

Ignorance

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha

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ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

and said to him:

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“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.

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

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Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;

What is ignorance?

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kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?

And how is an ignoramus defined?”

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“Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;

“Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

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vedanaṁ nappajānāti …

They don’t understand feeling …

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saññaṁ …

perception …

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saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…

choices …

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viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.

consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

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Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;

This is called ignorance.

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ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.

And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”

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Paṭhamaṁ.