Dutiyasamudayasutta
Origin (2nd)
Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…
At Varanasi.
ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:
Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta:
“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.
“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.
Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;
What is knowledge?
kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?
And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”
“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the origin, the ending, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,
Vedanāya …pe…
feeling,
saññāya …
perception,
saṅkhārānaṁ …
choices,
viññāṇassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.
and consciousness.
Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā;
This is called knowledge.
ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.
And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.”
