{"id":"sn35.79","title":"Giving Up Ignorance (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn35.79","title":"Giving Up Ignorance (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn35.79:0","sourceIds":["sn35.79:0.1","sn35.79:0.2","sn35.79:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.79\n8. Gilānavagga\nPaṭhamaavijjāpahānasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 35.79\n8. Sick\nGiving Up Ignorance (1st)"}},{"id":"sn35.79:1","sourceIds":["sn35.79:1.1","sn35.79:1.2","sn35.79:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…\nekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:\n“atthi nu kho, bhante, eko dhammo yassa pahānā bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī”ti?","en":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha …\nand said to him:\n“Sir, is there one thing such that by giving it up a mendicant gives up ignorance and gives rise to knowledge?”"}},{"id":"sn35.79:2","sourceIds":["sn35.79:2.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Atthi kho, bhikkhu, eko dhammo yassa pahānā bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī”ti.","en":"“There is, mendicant.”"}},{"id":"sn35.79:3","sourceIds":["sn35.79:3.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Katamo pana, bhante, eko dhammo yassa pahānā bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī”ti?","en":"“But what is that one thing?”"}},{"id":"sn35.79:4","sourceIds":["sn35.79:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Avijjā kho, bhikkhu, eko dhammo yassa pahānā bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī”ti.","en":"“Ignorance is one thing such that by giving it up a mendicant gives up ignorance and gives rise to knowledge.”"}},{"id":"sn35.79:5","sourceIds":["sn35.79:5.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kathaṁ pana, bhante, jānato, kathaṁ passato bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī”ti?","en":"“But how does a mendicant know and see so as to give up ignorance and give rise to knowledge?”"}},{"id":"sn35.79:6","sourceIds":["sn35.79:6.1","sn35.79:6.2","sn35.79:6.3","sn35.79:6.4","sn35.79:6.5","sn35.79:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cakkhuṁ kho, bhikkhu, aniccato jānato passato bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Rūpe … cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … cakkhusamphassaṁ …\nyampidaṁ, cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati …pe…\nmanaṁ aniccato jānato passato bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Dhamme … manoviññāṇaṁ … manosamphassaṁ …\nyampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati.\nEvaṁ kho, bhikkhu, jānato evaṁ passato bhikkhuno avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī”ti.\nChaṭṭhaṁ.","en":"“When a mendicant knows and sees the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises.\nAnd also knowing and seeing the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises. …\nKnowing and seeing the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises.\nAnd also knowing and seeing the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises.\nThat’s how a mendicant knows and sees so as to give up ignorance and give rise to knowledge.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.79/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}