1.1Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

1.2“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.1.3Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;What is ignorance?1.4kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?And how is an ignoramus defined?”

1.5“Yaṁ kho, bhikkhu, dukkhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhasamudaye aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇaṁ—“Not knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.1.6ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;This is called ignorance.1.7ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotīti.And this is how an ignoramus is defined.

2.1Tasmātiha, bhikkhu, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.That’s why you should practice meditation …”

2.2Sattamaṁ.