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Linked Discourses 22.114

12. Dhammakathikavagga
12. A Dhamma speaker

Vijjāsutta

Knowledge

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.

Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.

Katamā nu kho, bhante, vijjā;
What is knowledge?

kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”

“Idha, bhikkhu, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ pajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ … rūpanirodhaṁ … rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
“Mendicant, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

Vedanaṁ …
They understand feeling …

saññaṁ …
perception …

saṅkhāre pajānāti …pe…
choices …

viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā;
This is called knowledge.

ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.”

Dutiyaṁ.