Not Knowing Choices

Saṅkhāraaññāṇasutta

Not Knowing Choices

Saṅkhāraaññāṇasutta

EN
At Sāvatthī. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: “What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? …”
PL
Sāvatthinidānaṁ. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca: “ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti— sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā …pe…
EN
“Vaccha, it is because of not knowing choices, their origin, their cessation, and the practice that leads to their cessation …”
PL
neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā”ti? “Saṅkhāresu kho, vaccha, aññāṇā, saṅkhārasamudaye aññāṇā, saṅkhāranirodhe aññāṇā, saṅkhāranirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇā; evamimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti— sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā …pe…
PL
neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vāti. Ayaṁ kho, vaccha, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti— sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā …pe… neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā”ti.
PL
Catutthaṁ.

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

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