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SN 22.24PTS SN 3.261 min read

Directly Knowing

Abhijānasutta

Only by directly knowing the aggregates can one end suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.24Linked Discourses 22.24
  • 0.23. Bhāravagga3. The Burden

0.3AbhijānasuttaDirectly Knowing

1.1PTS 3.27Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya;“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding form, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.

1.3vedanaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya;Without directly knowing and completely understanding feeling …1.4saññaṁ anabhijānaṁ …perception …1.5saṅkhāre anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya;choices …1.6viññāṇaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.consciousness, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.

1.7Rūpañca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya;By directly knowing and completely understanding form, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.

1.8vedanaṁ abhijānaṁ …By directly knowing and completely understanding feeling …1.9saññaṁ …perception …1.10saṅkhāre …choices …1.11viññāṇaṁ abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.consciousness, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.”

1.12Tatiyaṁ.