• Linked Discourses 22.128 Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.128
  • 13. Ignorance 13. Avijjāvagga

Liable To Originate (3rd) Tatiyasamudayadhammasutta

At one time Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahākoį¹­į¹­hita were staying near Varanasi, in the deer park at Isipatana. … Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca mahākoį¹­į¹­hiko bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…

Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta: ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:

ā€œReverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ā€˜knowledge’. ā€œā€˜vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. What is knowledge? Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā; And how is a knowledgeable person defined?ā€ kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotÄ«ā€ti?

ā€œReverend, it’s when a learned noble disciple truly understands form, which is liable to originate … liable to fall … liable to originate and fall, as form which is liable to originate and fall. ā€œIdhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako samudayadhammaṁ rÅ«paṁ ā€˜samudayadhammaṁ rÅ«pan’ti yathābhÅ«taṁ pajānāti; vayadhammaṁ rÅ«paṁ …pe… samudayavayadhammaṁ rÅ«paṁ ā€˜samudayavayadhammaṁ rÅ«pan’ti yathābhÅ«taṁ pajānāti;

They truly understand feeling … samudayadhammaṁ vedanaṁ …pe… samudayavayadhammā vedanā … perception … samudayadhammaṁ saƱƱaṁ …pe… choices … samudayadhamme saį¹…khāre … vayadhamme saį¹…khāre … samudayavayadhamme saį¹…khāre ā€˜samudayavayadhammā saį¹…khārā’ti yathābhÅ«taṁ pajānāti. consciousness, which is liable to originate … liable to fall … liable to originate and fall, as consciousness which is liable to originate and fall. Samudayadhammaṁ viññāṇaṁ … vayadhammaṁ viññāṇaṁ … samudayavayadhammaṁ viññāṇaṁ ā€˜samudayavayadhammaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhÅ«taṁ pajānāti.

This is called knowledge. Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā; And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.ā€ ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotÄ«ā€ti.

Tatiyaṁ.