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SN 33.16–201 min read

Five Discourses on Not Understanding Form, Etc.

Rūpaananubodhādisuttapañcaka

The wanderer Vacchagotta asks the Buddha why the various speculative views come to be. The Buddha replies that it is because of not comprehending the five aggregates.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 33.16–20Linked Discourses 33.16–20
  • 0.21. Vacchagottavagga1. With Vacchagotta

0.3RūpaananubodhādisuttapañcakaFive Discourses on Not Understanding Form, Etc.

1.1PTS 3.261Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca—1.3ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo …pe…1.4rūpe kho, vaccha, ananubodhā …pe… “rūpanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ananubodhā …pe….“Vaccha, it is because of not understanding form …

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.1.2“Vedanāya kho, vaccha …pe….feeling …

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.1.2“Saññāya kho, vaccha …pe….perception …

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.1.2“Saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha …pe….choices …

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.1.2“Viññāṇe kho, vaccha, ananubodhā …pe…consciousness …”1.3viññāṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ananubodhā …pe…1.4vīsatimaṁ.