Saddhamma Study Group

Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Six Sense Bases: SN35:53 Abandoning Ignorance

  • A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).

    For more copyright information please see:

1 Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "kathaṃ nu kho, bhante, jānato kathaṃ passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī"ti?

2 "Cakkhuṃ kho, bhikkhu, aniccato jānato passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Rūpe aniccato jānato passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Cakkhuviññāṇaṃ … cakkhusamphassaṃ … yampidaṃ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Sotaṃ … ghānaṃ … jivhaṃ … kāyaṃ … manaṃ aniccato jānato passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Dhamme … manoviññāṇaṃ … manosamphassaṃ … yampidaṃ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi aniccato jānato passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjati. Evaṃ kho, bhikkhu, jānato evaṃ passato avijjā pahīyati, vijjā uppajjatī"ti.

Paṭhamaṃ.