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Linked Discourses · SN 33.2

  • Linked Discourses 33.2Saṁyutta Nikāya 33.2
  • 1. With Vacchagotta1. Vacchagottavagga

Not Knowing FeelingVedanāaññāṇasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: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 …sassato lokoti vā, asassato lokoti vā …pe… after death, a realized one neither still exists nor no longer exists.”neva hoti na na hoti tathāgato paraṁ maraṇāti vā”ti?

“Vaccha, it is because of not knowing feeling, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation“Vedanāya kho, vaccha, aññāṇā, vedanāsamudaye aññāṇā, vedanānirodhe aññāṇā, vedanānirodhagāminiyā 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

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  1. SN 33.5 Not Knowing Consciousness 0.87near 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 33.3 Not Knowing Perception 0.85near 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…
  3. SN 33.4 Not Knowing Choices 0.81near 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…
  4. SN 33.1 Not Knowing Form 0.78near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.1 1. With Vacchagotta Not Knowing Form At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta went up to the Buddha and exchanged g…
  5. SN 33.55 Not Directly Experiencing Consciousness 0.66near 0.1Linked Discourses 33.55 1. With Vacchagotta Not Directly Experiencing Consciousness At Sāvatthī. “Vaccha, it is because of not directly experiencing consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads t…