Tripiṭaka 13. Avijjāvagga
13. Ignorance
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Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ mahākoṭṭhikaṁ etadavoca:
Sāriputta said to Mahākoṭṭhita:
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso koṭṭhika, vuccati.
“Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
“Idhāvuso, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.
“Reverend, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
viññāṇaṁ nappajānāti, viññāṇasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, viññāṇanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
Evaṁ vutte, āyasmā sāriputto āyasmantaṁ mahākoṭṭhikaṁ etadavoca:
When he said this, Venerable Sāriputta said to him:
“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso koṭṭhika, vuccati.
“Reverend Koṭṭhita, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.
“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ pajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ pajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ pajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
“Reverend, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
viññāṇaṁ pajānāti, viññāṇasamudayaṁ pajānāti, viññāṇanirodhaṁ pajānāti, viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
Dasamaṁ.
Avijjāvaggo tatiyo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Samudayadhamme tīṇi,
assādo apare duve;
Samudaye ca dve vuttā,
koṭṭhike apare tayoti.