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Gratification (2nd)

Dutiyaassādasutta

Sāriputta explains to Mahākoṭṭhita that knowledge is understanding the aggregates in terms of gratification, drawback, and escape.

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  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.130Linked Discourses 22.130
  • 0.213. Avijjāvagga13. Ignorance

0.3DutiyaassādasuttaGratification (2nd)

1.1PTS 3.174Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…At Varanasi.

1.2“‘vijja, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.1.3Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;What is knowledge?1.4kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?And how is a knowing one defined?”

2.1“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,2.2Vedanāya …pe…feeling,2.3saññāya …perception,2.4saṅkhārānaṁ …choices,2.5viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.and consciousness.

2.6Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā;This is called knowledge.2.7ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.And this is how a knowing one is defined.”

2.8Pañcamaṁ.