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SN 33.6–101 min read

Five Discourses on Not Seeing Form, Etc.

Rūpaadassanādisuttapañcaka

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 33.6–10Linked Discourses 33.6–10
  • 0.21. Vacchagottavagga1. With Vacchagotta

0.3RūpaadassanādisuttapañcakaFive Discourses on Not Seeing Form, Etc.

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha:

1.3“ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti—“What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? …”1.4sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā …pe…1.5neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā”ti?

1.6“Rūpe kho, vaccha, adassanā …pe…“Vaccha, it is because of not seeing form …”11.7rūpanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya adassanā …pe…1.8vedanāya …“… feeling …”1.9saññāya …“… perception …”1.10saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha, adassanā …pe…“… choices …”1.11viññāṇe kho, vaccha, adassanā …pe… viññāṇanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya adassanā …pe….“… consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation …”

1.12Dasamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. From here the discourses are only differentiated by the verb used for understanding.

    ↩ sn33.6-10:1.6