1.1PTS 3.163Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha1.3ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:and said to him:

1.4“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.1.5Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;What is ignorance?1.6kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?And how is an ignoramus defined?”

1.7“Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;“Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.1.8vedanaṁ nappajānāti …They don’t understand feeling …1.9saññaṁ …perception …1.10saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…choices …1.11viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

1.12Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;This is called ignorance.1.13ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”

1.14Paṭhamaṁ.