{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn22.135/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn22.135","id":"suttacentral_sn22.135","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn22.135/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"The same setting. S\u0101riputta said to Mah\u0101ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita: \u201cReverend Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita, they speak of this thing called \u2018ignorance\u2019. What is ignorance? And how is an ignoramus defined?\u201d \u201cReverend, 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 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, it\u2019s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. They understand feeling \u2026 perception \u2026 choices \u2026 consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation. This is called knowledge. And this is how a knowing one is defined.\u201d","title":"With Ko\u1e6d\u1e6dhita (3rd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":164}