1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

1.3“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.1.4Katamā nu kho, bhante, vijjā;What is knowledge?1.5kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?And how is a knowing one defined?”

1.6“Idha, bhikkhu, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ pajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ … rūpanirodhaṁ … rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.“Mendicant, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.1.7Vedanaṁ …They understand feeling …1.8saññaṁ …perception …1.9saṅkhāre pajānāti …pe…choices …1.10viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

1.11Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā;This is called knowledge.1.12ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.And this is how a knowing one is defined.”

1.13Dutiyaṁ.