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Saį¹yutta Nikāya 22.129 Linked Discourses 22.129

13. Avijjāvagga 13. Ignorance

Assādasutta Gratification

Bārāį¹‡asiyaį¹ viharanti isipatane migadāye ā€¦peā€¦ At Varanasi.

ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoį¹­į¹­hiko āyasmantaį¹ sāriputtaį¹ etadavoca: Mahākoį¹­į¹­hita said to Sāriputta:

ā€œā€˜avijjā, avijjāā€™ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. ā€œReverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ā€˜ignoranceā€™.

Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā; What is ignorance?

kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotÄ«ā€ti? And how is an ignorant person defined?ā€

ā€œIdhāvuso assutavā puthujjano rÅ«passa assādaƱca ādÄ«navaƱca nissaraį¹‡aƱca yathābhÅ«taį¹ nappajānāti. ā€œReverend, an unlearned ordinary person doesnā€™t truly understand the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,

Vedanāya ā€¦peā€¦ feeling,

saƱƱāya ā€¦ perception,

saį¹…khārānaį¹ ā€¦ choices,

viƱƱāį¹‡assa assādaƱca ādÄ«navaƱca nissaraį¹‡aƱca yathābhÅ«taį¹ nappajānāti. and consciousness.

Ayaį¹ vuccatāvuso, avijjā; This is called ignorance.

ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotÄ«ā€ti. And this is how an ignorant person is defined.ā€

Catutthaį¹.
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