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 134

Dutiya Koṭṭhita Suttaṃ

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

So seated
he thus addressed the venerable Mahā-Koṭṭhita:

"'Ignorance! Ignorance!' is the saying, friend Koṭṭhita.

Pray, friend Koṭṭhita what is ignorance,
and to what extent is one ignorant?"

"Herein, friend, the untaught manyfolk know not
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing-away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from body.

They know not
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing-away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from feeling.

They know not
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing-away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from perception.

They know not
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing-away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from the activities.

They know not
as it really is
the coming-to-pass,
the passing-away,
the satisfaction in,
the misery of,
the escape from consciousness.

This, friend, is ignorance,
and thus far is one ignorant."

 

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

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

"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.

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

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

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

Knows
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."