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Without Completely Understanding (2nd)

Dutiyaaparijānanasutta

Without understanding the “all” consisting of the six interior and exterior sense fields and the associated consciousness and becoming dispassionate towards it, it is impossible to be free of suffering.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.27Linked Discourses 35.27
  • 0.23. Sabbavagga3. All

0.3DutiyaaparijānanasuttaWithout Completely Understanding (2nd)

1.1PTS 4.19“Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.“Mendicants, without directly knowing and completely understanding the all, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.1.2Kiñca, bhikkhave, sabbaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya?And what is the all, without directly knowing and completely understanding which, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering?

1.3Yañca, bhikkhave, cakkhu, ye ca rūpā, yañca cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, ye ca cakkhuviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā …pe…The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and things knowable by eye consciousness.1

1.4yā ca jivhā, ye ca rasā, yañca jivhāviññāṇaṁ, ye ca jivhāviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā;The ear … nose … tongue …1.5yo ca kāyo, ye ca phoṭṭhabbā, yañca kāyaviññāṇaṁ, ye ca kāyaviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā;body …

1.6yo ca mano, ye ca dhammā, yañca manoviññāṇaṁ, ye ca manoviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā—The mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and things knowable by mind consciousness.

1.7idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sabbaṁ anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.This is the all, without directly knowing and completely understanding which, without dispassion for it and giving it up, you can’t end suffering.

2.1Sabbaṁ, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya.By directly knowing and completely understanding the all, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.2.2Kiñca, bhikkhave, sabbaṁ abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāya?And what is the all, directly knowing and completely understanding which, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering?

2.3Yañca, bhikkhave, cakkhu, ye ca rūpā, yañca cakkhuviññāṇaṁ, ye ca cakkhuviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā …pe…The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and things knowable by eye consciousness.

2.4yā ca jivhā, ye ca rasā, yañca jivhāviññāṇaṁ, ye ca jivhāviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā;The ear … nose … tongue …2.5yo ca kāyo, ye ca phoṭṭhabbā, yañca kāyaviññāṇaṁ, ye ca kāyaviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā;body …

2.6yo ca mano, ye ca dhammā, yañca manoviññāṇaṁ, ye ca manoviññāṇaviññātabbā dhammā—The mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and things knowable by mind consciousness.

2.7idaṁ kho, bhikkhave, sabbaṁ abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.This is the all, directly knowing and completely understanding which, having dispassion for it and giving it up, you can end suffering.”

2.8Pañcamaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. The phrase “eye, sights, eye consciousness, and things knowable by eye consciousness” appears redundant, as “sights” (rūpa) are precisely what is “knowable by eye consciousness”. Where the phrase occurs elsewhere, rūpa may appear (MN 112:10.2, SN 35.65:2.1, SN 35.68:1.3) or it may not (MN 144:9.1, SN 35.87:7.1). Bodhi summarizes the commentary’s explanations, which he describes as “contrived” (Middle Length Discourses, note 1080, and Connected Discourses note 12 on book 4). At least one Chinese parallel omits rūpa here, thus avoiding the redundancy (MA 187 at T i 732c19). It is likely the original passage did not include rūpa and it was added in an old editorial oversight.

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