Skip to content
True DhammaLibrary · Community
SN 22.106PTS SN 3.1591 min read

Should Be Completely Understood

Pariññeyyasutta

The aggregates are to be fully understood, ending the defilements is the full understanding of them, and an arahant is the one who has achieved this.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.106Linked Discourses 22.106
  • 0.211. Antavagga11. Ends

0.3PariññeyyasuttaShould Be Completely Understood

1.1PTS 3.160Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Pariññeyye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi pariññañca pariññātāviñca puggalaṁ.“Mendicants, I will teach you the things that should be completely understood, complete understanding, and the individual who has completely understood.1.3Taṁ suṇātha.Listen …

1.4Katame ca, bhikkhave, pariññeyyā dhammā?And what things should be completely understood?1.5Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, pariññeyyo dhammo.Form,1.6Vedanā …pe…feeling,1.7saññā …perception,1.8saṅkhārā …choices,1.9viññāṇaṁ pariññeyyo dhammo.and consciousness.1.10Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, pariññeyyā dhammā.These are called the things that should be completely understood.

1.11Katamā ca, bhikkhave, pariññā?And what is complete understanding?1.12Rāgakkhayo, dosakkhayo, mohakkhayo—The ending of greed, hate, and delusion.1.13ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pariññā.This is called complete understanding.

1.14Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pariññātāvī puggalo?And who is the individual who has completely understood?1.15Arahātissa vacanīyaṁ.It should be said: a perfected one,1.16Yvāyaṁ āyasmā evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto—the venerable of such name and such clan.1.17ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pariññātāvī puggalo”ti.This is called the individual who has completely understood.”

1.18Catutthaṁ.