Saṃyutta Nikāya - The Connected Discourses

Connected Discourses on the Truths: SN56:17 Ignorance

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1 Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati. Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā; kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī"ti? "Yaṃ kho, bhikkhu, dukkhe aññāṇaṃ, dukkhasamudaye aññāṇaṃ, dukkhanirodhe aññāṇaṃ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇaṃ – ayaṃ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā; ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotīti.

2 Tasmātiha, bhikkhu, ‘idaṃ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo … pe … ‘ayaṃ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo"ti.

Sattamaṃ.