{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.53/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.53","id":"suttacentral_sn35.53","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.53/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"At S\u0101vatth\u012b. Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, how does one know and see so as to give up ignorance and give rise to knowledge?\u201d \u201cMendicant, knowing and seeing the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises. And also knowing and seeing the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises. Knowing and seeing the ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 Knowing and seeing the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises. And also knowing and seeing the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact as impermanent, ignorance is given up and knowledge arises. That\u2019s how to know and see so as to give up ignorance and give rise to knowledge.\u201d","title":"Giving Up Ignorance","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":160}