Vijjāsutta
Knowledge
Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:
“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.
“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.
Katamā nu kho, bhante, vijjā;
What is knowledge?
kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”
“Idha, bhikkhu, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ pajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ … rūpanirodhaṁ … rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
“Mendicant, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
Vedanaṁ …
They understand feeling …
saññaṁ …
perception …
saṅkhāre pajānāti …pe…
choices …
viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.
consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā;
This is called knowledge.
ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.”
