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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 56.17 Linked Discourses 56.17
2. Dhammacakkappavattanavagga 2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma
AvijjÄsutta Ignorance
Ekamantaį¹ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaį¹ etadavoca: Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
āāavijjÄ, avijjÄāti, bhante, vuccati. āSir, they speak of this thing called āignoranceā.
KatamÄ nu kho, bhante, avijjÄ; What is ignorance?
kittÄvatÄ ca avijjÄgato hotÄ«āti? And how is an ignorant person defined?ā
āYaį¹ kho, bhikkhu, dukkhe aƱƱÄį¹aį¹, dukkhasamudaye aƱƱÄį¹aį¹, dukkhanirodhe aƱƱÄį¹aį¹, dukkhanirodhagÄminiyÄ paį¹ipadÄya aƱƱÄį¹aį¹āāNot knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.
ayaį¹ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjÄ; This is called ignorance.
ettÄvatÄ ca avijjÄgato hotÄ«ti. And this is how an ignorant person is defined.
TasmÄtiha, bhikkhu, āidaį¹ dukkhanāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yo ā¦peā¦ āayaį¹ dukkhanirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄāti yogo karaį¹Ä«yoāti. Thatās why you should practice meditation ā¦ā
Sattamaį¹.