Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.113
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 22.113
12. Dhammakathikavagga
12. A Dhamma speaker
Avijjāsutta
Ignorance
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha
ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
and said to him:
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;
What is ignorance?
kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is an ignorant person defined?”
“Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;
“Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
vedanaṁ nappajānāti …
They don’t understand feeling …
saññaṁ …
perception …
saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…
choices …
viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;
This is called ignorance.
ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how an ignorant person is defined.”
Paṭhamaṁ.