Gratification (2nd)

Dutiyaassādasutta

Gratification (2nd)

Dutiyaassādasutta

EN
At Varanasi. “Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’. What is knowledge? And how is a knowing one defined?”
PL
Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe… “‘vijja, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā; kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?
EN
“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices,
PL
“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Vedanāya …pe… saññāya … saṅkhārānaṁ …
EN
and consciousness. This is called knowledge. And this is how a knowing one is defined.”
PL
viññāṇassa assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti. Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā; ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti. Pañcamaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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