KnowledgeVijjāsutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

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

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati. What is knowledge?Katamā nu kho, bhante, vijjā; And how is a knowing one defined?”kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?

“Mendicant, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.“Idha, bhikkhu, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpaṁ pajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ … rūpanirodhaṁ … rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti. They understand feeling …Vedanaṁ … perception …saññaṁ … choices …saṅkhāre pajānāti …pe… consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ pajānāti.

This is called knowledge.Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā; And this is how a knowing one is defined.”ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.