13. Avijjāvagga

13. Ignorance

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.130

Linked Discourses 22.130

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13. Avijjāvagga

13. Ignorance

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Dutiyaassādasutta

Gratification (2nd)

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Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…

At Varanasi.

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

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

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Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;

What is knowledge?

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kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?

And how is a knowing one defined?”

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

“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,

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Vedanāya …pe…

feeling,

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saññāya …

perception,

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saṅkhārānaṁ …

choices,

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viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.

and consciousness.

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Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, 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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Pañcamaṁ.