{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.80/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.80","id":"suttacentral_sn35.80","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.80/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha \u2026 and asked him, \u201cSir, is there one thing such that by giving it up a mendicant gives up ignorance and gives rise to knowledge?\u201d \u201cThere is, mendicant.\u201d \u201cBut what is that one thing?\u201d \u201cIgnorance is one thing such that by giving it up a mendicant gives up ignorance and gives rise to knowledge.\u201d \u201cBut how does a mendicant know and see so as to give up ignorance and give rise to knowledge?\u201d \u201cTake a mendicant who has heard: \u2018Nothing is worth insisting on.\u2019 When a mendicant has heard that nothing is worth insisting on, they directly know all things. Directly knowing all things, they completely understand all things. Completely understanding all things, they see all signs as other. They see the eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact as other. And they also see the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on eye contact as other. \u2026 They see the mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact as other. And they also see the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact as other. That\u2019s how a mendicant knows and sees so as to give up ignorance and give rise to knowledge.\u201d","title":"Giving Up Ignorance (2nd)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":206}