Linked Discourses 56.18Saṁyutta Nikāya 56.18
2. Rolling Forth the Wheel of Dhamma2. Dhammacakkappavattanavagga

KnowledgeVijjāsutta

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. 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?

“Knowing about suffering, the origin of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.“Yaṁ kho, bhikkhu, dukkhe ñāṇaṁ, dukkhasamudaye ñāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhe ñāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya ñāṇaṁ— This is called knowledge.ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, vijjā; And this is how a knowing one is defined.ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotīti.

That’s why you should practice meditation …”Tasmātiha, bhikkhu, ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yogo karaṇīyo …pe… ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yogo karaṇīyo”ti.

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