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Linked Discourses · SN 33.3

  • Linked Discourses 33.3Saṁyutta Nikāya 33.3
  • 1. With Vacchagotta1. Vacchagottavagga

Not Knowing PerceptionSaññāaññāṇasutta

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? …”“ko nu kho, bho gotama, hetu, ko paccayo, yānimāni anekavihitāni diṭṭhigatāni loke uppajjanti—

“Vaccha, it is because of not knowing perception, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation …”“Saññāya kho, vaccha, aññāṇā, saññāsamudaye aññāṇā, saññānirodhe aññāṇā, saññānirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇā;

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 0.94near 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 33.4 Not Knowing Choices 0.91near 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…
  3. SN 33.2 Not Knowing Feeling 0.85near 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…
  4. SN 33.6–10 Five Discourses on Not Seeing Form, Etc. 0.78near 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 33.1 Not Knowing Form 0.75near 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…