Rūpaasallakkhaṇādisuttapañcaka
The wanderer Vacchagotta asks the Buddha why the various speculative views come to be. The Buddha replies that it is because of not discerning the five aggregates.
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral
1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.
1.2“Rūpe kho, vaccha, asallakkhaṇā …pe… viññāṇe kho, vaccha, asallakkhaṇā …pe….“Vaccha, it is because of not distinguishing form …”1
1.3Tiṁsatimaṁ.
From here to the end of the Saṁyutta, we find a series of terms for “understanding” that do not appear elsewhere in the early canon. It stretches credulity, even by the repetitive standards of the Suttas, that Vacchagotta would have continued asking the same question dozens of times and the Buddha answer only by changing the verb. Likely the redactors introduced these terms, showing the influence of the Abhidhamma on the Saṁyutta.
