The Buddha teaches Vaccha that it is because of not understanding form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness that beings are not freed from death, and that comprehending them leads to direct knowledge of the unconditioned.
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca— ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo …pe… rūpe kho, vaccha, ananubodhā …pe… “rūpanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ananubodhā …pe….
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Vedanāya kho, vaccha …pe….
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Saññāya kho, vaccha …pe….
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha …pe….
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. “Viññāṇe kho, vaccha, ananubodhā …pe… viññāṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ananubodhā …pe… vīsatimaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
At Sāvatthī.
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca—
ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo …pe…
rūpe kho, vaccha, ananubodhā …pe… “rūpanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ananubodhā …pe….
“Vaccha, it is because of not understanding form …
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Vedanāya kho, vaccha …pe….
feeling …
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Saññāya kho, vaccha …pe….
perception …
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha …pe….
choices …
Sāvatthinidānaṁ.
“Viññāṇe kho, vaccha, ananubodhā …pe…
consciousness …”
viññāṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ananubodhā …pe…
vīsatimaṁ.
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