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Linked Discourses · SN 33.1

  • Linked Discourses 33.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 33.1
  • 1. With Vacchagotta1. Vacchagottavagga

Not Knowing FormRūpaaññāṇasutta

At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta went up to the Buddha and exchanged greetings with him.Atha kho vacchagotto paribbājako yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi. When the greetings and polite conversation were over, he sat down to one side and said to the Buddha:Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

“What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? That is:“ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti— the cosmos is eternal, or not eternal, or finite, or infinite; the soul and the body are one and the same, or the soul is one thing, the body another; after death, a realized one still exists, or no longer exists, or both still exists and no longer exists, or neither still exists nor no longer exists.”sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā, antavā lokoti vā, anantavā lokoti vā, taṁ jīvaṁ taṁ sarīranti vā, aññaṁ jīvaṁ aññaṁ sarīranti vā, hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā, na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā, hoti ca na ca hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā, neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā”ti?

“Vaccha, it is because of not knowing form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation“Rūpe kho, vaccha, aññāṇā, rūpasamudaye aññāṇā, rūpanirodhe aññāṇā, rūpanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇā; that these various misconceptions arise in the world.evamimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti— This is the cause, this is the reason.”Ayaṁ kho, vaccha, hetu, ayaṁ paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti—

Similar passages elsewhere

Found by meaning, not by citation: the passages in other texts whose wording sits closest to a passage here.

  1. SN 33.5 Not Knowing Consciousness 0.79near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.5 1. With Vacchagotta Not Knowing Consciousness At Sāvatthī. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: “What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions a…
  2. SN 33.2 Not Knowing Feeling 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.2 1. With Vacchagotta Not Knowing Feeling 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 i…
  3. SN 33.3 Not Knowing Perception 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.3 1. With Vacchagotta Not Knowing Perception At Sāvatthī. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: “What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions aris…
  4. SN 33.6–10 Five Discourses on Not Seeing Form, Etc. 0.74near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.6–10 1. With Vacchagotta Five Discourses on Not Seeing Form, Etc. At Sāvatthī. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: “What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these variou…
  5. SN 33.4 Not Knowing Choices 0.72near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.4 1. With Vacchagotta Not Knowing Choices 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 i…