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SN 22.23PTS SN 3.261 min read

Complete Understanding

Pariññasutta

The aggregates are to be fully understood, and the full understanding is the ending of defilements.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.23Linked Discourses 22.23
  • 0.23. Bhāravagga3. The Burden

0.3PariññasuttaComplete Understanding

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

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

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

1.7Katamā ca, bhikkhave, pariññā?And what is complete understanding?1.8Yo, bhikkhave, rāgakkhayo dosakkhayo mohakkhayo.The ending of greed, hate, and delusion.11.9Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pariññā”ti.This is called complete understanding.”

1.10Dutiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Understanding is not complete so long as delusion exists.

    ↩ sn22.23:1.8