The Buddha teaches on origin, applying the analysis of the five aggregates—form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness—to insight and release.
Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā; kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?
“Idhāvuso, assutavā puthujjano rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti. Vedanāya …pe… saññāya … saṅkhārānaṁ … viññāṇassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā; ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…
At Varanasi.
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.
“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā;
What is ignorance?
kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is an ignoramus defined?”
“Idhāvuso, assutavā puthujjano rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
“Reverend, an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the origin, the disappearance, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,
Vedanāya …pe…
feeling,
saññāya …
perception,
saṅkhārānaṁ …
choices,
viññāṇassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
and consciousness.
Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā;
This is called ignorance.
ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026