1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Sattasattari vo, bhikkhave, ñāṇavatthūni desessāmi.“Mendicants, I will teach seventy-seven grounds for knowledge.1.3Taṁ suṇātha, sādhukaṁ manasi karotha, bhāsissāmī”ti.Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.”

1.4“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.“Yes, sir,” they replied.1.5Bhagavā etadavoca:The Buddha said this:

2.1PTS 2.60“Katamāni, bhikkhave, sattasattari ñāṇavatthūni?“And what are the seventy-seven grounds for knowledge?2.2Jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇanti ñāṇaṁ;The knowledge that rebirth is a requirement for old age and death,2.3asati jātiyā natthi jarāmaraṇanti ñāṇaṁ;and the knowledge that when rebirth doesn’t exist, there is no old age and death.2.4atītampi addhānaṁ jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇanti ñāṇaṁ, asati jātiyā natthi jarāmaraṇanti ñāṇaṁ;Also regarding the past: the knowledge that rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, and the knowledge that when rebirth doesn’t exist, there is no old age and death.2.5anāgatampi addhānaṁ jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇanti ñāṇaṁ, asati jātiyā natthi jarāmaraṇanti ñāṇaṁ;Also regarding the future: the knowledge that rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, and the knowledge that when rebirth doesn’t exist, there is no old age and death.2.6yampissa taṁ dhammaṭṭhitiñāṇaṁ tampi khayadhammaṁ vayadhammaṁ virāgadhammaṁ nirodhadhammanti ñāṇaṁ.And also their knowledge that even this knowledge of the stability of natural principles is liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.

3.1Bhavapaccayā jātīti ñāṇaṁ …pe…The knowledge that continued existence is a requirement for rebirth …3.2upādānapaccayā bhavoti ñāṇaṁ …3.3taṇhāpaccayā upādānanti ñāṇaṁ …3.4vedanāpaccayā taṇhāti ñāṇaṁ …3.5phassapaccayā vedanāti ñāṇaṁ …3.6saḷāyatanapaccayā phassoti ñāṇaṁ …3.7nāmarūpapaccayā saḷāyatananti ñāṇaṁ …3.8viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpanti ñāṇaṁ …3.9saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇanti ñāṇaṁ;3.10avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārāti ñāṇaṁ, asati avijjāya natthi saṅkhārāti ñāṇaṁ;The knowledge that ignorance is a requirement for choices, and the knowledge that when ignorance doesn’t exist, there are no choices.3.11atītampi addhānaṁ avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārāti ñāṇaṁ, asati avijjāya natthi saṅkhārāti ñāṇaṁ;Also regarding the past: the knowledge that ignorance is a requirement for choices, and the knowledge that when ignorance doesn’t exist, there are no choices.3.12anāgatampi addhānaṁ avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārāti ñāṇaṁ, asati avijjāya natthi saṅkhārāti ñāṇaṁ;Also regarding the future: the knowledge that ignorance is a requirement for choices, and the knowledge that when ignorance doesn’t exist, there are no choices.3.13yampissa taṁ dhammaṭṭhitiñāṇaṁ tampi khayadhammaṁ vayadhammaṁ virāgadhammaṁ nirodhadhammanti ñāṇaṁ.And also their knowledge that even this knowledge of the stability of natural principles is liable to end, vanish, fade away, and cease.¹3.14Imāni vuccanti, bhikkhave, sattasattari ñāṇavatthūnī”ti.These are called the seventy-seven grounds for knowledge.”

3.15Catutthaṁ.