Assādasutta
Gratification
Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…
At Varanasi.
ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:
Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta:
“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.
“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā;
What is ignorance?
kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is an ignorant person defined?”
“Idhāvuso assutavā puthujjano rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
“Reverend, an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,
Vedanāya …pe…
feeling,
saññāya …
perception,
saṅkhārānaṁ …
choices,
viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.
and consciousness.
Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā;
This is called ignorance.
ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how an ignorant person is defined.”
