Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN22: Connected Discourses on the Aggregates

SN22:106 To Be Fully Understood

1At Sāvatthī. "Bhikkhus, I will teach you things that should be fully understood, full understanding, and the person that has fully understood. [n.218] Spk glosses pariññeyya with samatikkamitabba and pariññā with samatikkama; see n. 41. The "person who has fully understood" (pariññātavi) is a conventional expression; see n. 37. Listen to that … .

"And what, bhikkhus, are the things that should be fully understood? Form, bhikkhus, is something that should be fully understood. Feeling … Perception … Volitional formations … Consciousness is something that should be fully understood. These are called the things that should be fully understood. sn.iii.160

"And what, bhikkhus, is full understanding? The destruction of lust, the destruction of hatred, the destruction of delusion: this is called full understanding. [n.219] Spk: By this, Nibbāna is shown.

"And who, bhikkhus, is the person that has fully understood? It should be said: the arahant, the venerable one of such a name and clan. This is called the person that has fully understood."

1Sāvatthinidānaṁ. "Pariññeyye ca, bhikkhave, dhamme desessāmi pariññāñca pariññātāviñca puggalaṁ. Taṁ suṇātha.

Katame ca, bhikkhave, pariññeyyā dhammā? Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, pariññeyyo dhammo. Vedanā … pe … saññā … saṅkhārā … viññāṇaṁ pariññeyyo dhammo. Ime vuccanti, bhikkhave, pariññeyyā dhammā.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, pariññā? Rāgakkhayo, dosakkhayo, mohakkhayo – ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pariññā.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pariññātāvī puggalo? Arahātissa vacanīyaṁ. Yvāyaṁ āyasmā evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto – ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pariññātāvī puggalo"ti.


Catutthaṁ.

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