{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.113/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.113","id":"suttacentral_sn22.113","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.113/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha and said to him: \u201cSir, they speak of this thing called \u2018ignorance\u2019. What is ignorance? And how is an ignoramus defined?\u201d \u201cMendicant, it\u2019s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn\u2019t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. They don\u2019t understand feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. This is called ignorance. And this is how an ignoramus is defined.\u201d","title":"Ignorance","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":87}