{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.134/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.134","id":"suttacentral_sn22.134","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.134/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At Varanasi. \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, they speak of this thing called \u2018ignorance\u2019. What is ignorance? And how is an ignoramus defined?\u201d \u201cReverend, an unlearned ordinary person doesn\u2019t truly understand the origin, the disappearance, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. This is called ignorance. And this is how an ignoramus is defined.\u201d When he said this, Venerable S\u0101riputta said to him: \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, they speak of this thing called \u2018knowledge\u2019. What is knowledge? And how is a knowing one defined?\u201d \u201cReverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands the origin, the disappearance, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness. This is called knowledge. And this is how a knowing one is defined.\u201d","title":"With Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":130}