Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha
ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
and said to him:
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;
What is ignorance?
kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is an ignoramus defined?”
“Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;
“Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
vedanaṁ nappajānāti …
They don’t understand feeling …
saññaṁ …
perception …
saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…
choices …
viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;
This is called ignorance.
ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”
Paṭhamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
At Sāvatthī.
Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha
and said to him:
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
What is ignorance?
And how is an ignoramus defined?”
“Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
They don’t understand feeling …
perception …
choices …
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
This is called ignorance.
And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…
ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.
Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;
kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?
“Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;
vedanaṁ nappajānāti …
saññaṁ …
saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…
viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;
ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.
Paṭhamaṁ.