Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
56. Sacca Saṁyutta
2. Dhamma-Cakka-Pavattana Vagga
Sutta 17
Avijjā Suttaṁ
Adapted from the 1995 edition of the digital version of the Sri Lanka Buddha Jayanti Tripitaka Series.
[1][pts][bodh] Evam me sutaṁ:|| ||
"Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena Bhagavā ten'upasaṅkami.|| ||
Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā eka-m-antaṁ nisīdi.|| ||
Eka-m-antaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu Bhagavantaṁ etad avoca:|| ||
"'Avijjā avijjā' ti bhante, vuccati.|| ||
Katamā nu kho bhante, avijjā?|| ||
Kittā vatā ca avijjā-gato hotī" ti?|| ||
"Yaṁ kho bhikkhu, dukkhe aññāṇaṁ,||
dukkha-samudaye aññāṇaṁ,||
dukkha-nirodhe aññāṇaṁ,||
dukkha-nirodha-gāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇaṁ||
ayaṁ vuccati bhikkhu, avijjā,||
ettā vatā ca avijjā-gato hoti.|| ||
Tasmātiha bhikkhave,||
'idaṁ dukkhan' ti yogo karaṇīyo,||
'ayaṁ dukkha-samudayo' ti yogo karaṇīyo,||
'ayaṁ dukkha-nirodho' ti yogo karaṇīyo,||
'ayaṁ dukkha-nirodha-gāmin paṭipadā' ti yogo karaṇīyo" ti.|| ||