Saṃyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saṃyutta
13. Avijjā Vagga

The Book of the Kindred Sayings
3. The Book Called the Khandhā-Vagga
Containing Kindred Sayings on the Elements of Sensory Existence and other Subjects
22. Kindred Sayings on Elements
13. On Ignorance

Sutta 132

Dutiya Samudaya Suttaṃ

Coming-to-Pass (2)

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[1] Thus have I heard:

Once the venerable Sāriputta
and the venerable Mahā-Koṭṭhita
were staying at Benares,
in Isipatana,
in the Deer-Park.

Then the venerable Mahā-Koṭṭhita,
rising at eventide from his solitude,
came to the venerable Sāriputta
and saluting him
sat down at one side.

So seated
he thus addressed the venerable Sāriputta:

"'Wisdom! Wisdom!' is the saying, friend Sāriputta.

Pray, friend Sāriputta what is wisdom,
and to what extent has one wisdom?"

"Herein, friend, the well-taught Ariyan disciple knows
as it really is that:

"Herein, friend, the well-taught Ariyan disciple knows
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from body.

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They know
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from feeling.

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They know
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from perception.

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They know
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,,
the passing away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from activities.

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They know
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,,
the passing away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from consciousness.

This, friend, is wisdom,
and thus far has one wisdom."