12. Dhammakathikavagga

12. A Dhamma speaker

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.114

Linked Discourses 22.114

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12. Dhammakathikavagga

12. A Dhamma speaker

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Vijjāsutta

Knowledge

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Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

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“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.

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

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Katamā nu kho, bhante, vijjā;

What is knowledge?

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kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?

And how is a knowing one defined?”

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“Idha, bhikkhu, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ pajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ … rūpanirodhaṁ … rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.

“Mendicant, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

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Vedanaṁ …

They understand feeling …

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saññaṁ …

perception …

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saṅkhāre pajānāti …pe…

choices …

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viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.

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

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Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā;

This is called knowledge.

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ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.

And this is how a knowing one is defined.”

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Dutiyaṁ.