The Buddha contrasts ascetics and brahmins who fail to understand feelings—their origin, cessation, and the practice leading to cessation—with those who truly know and see them.
“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā vedanaṁ nappajānanti, vedanāsamudayaṁ nappajānanti, vedanānirodhaṁ nappajānanti, vedanānirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti …pe…
pajānanti …pe… sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.
Navamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā vedanaṁ nappajānanti, vedanāsamudayaṁ nappajānanti, vedanānirodhaṁ nappajānanti, vedanānirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānanti …pe…
“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t understand feeling, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. …
pajānanti …pe… sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.
There are ascetics and brahmins who do understand …”
Navamaṁ.
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Last updated on July 27, 2026