1"Friend Sāriputta, it is said, ‘ignorance, ignorance.’ What now is ignorance?"

"Not knowing suffering, not knowing the origin of suffering, not knowing the cessation of suffering, not knowing the way leading to the cessation of suffering. This is called ignorance."

"But, friend, is there a path, is there a way for the abandonment of this ignorance?"

"There is a path, friend, there is a way … this Noble Eightfold Path … ." sn.iv.257

1"‘Avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati. Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā"ti?

"Yaṁ kho, āvuso, dukkhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhasamudaye aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhe aññāṇaṁ, dukkhanirodhagāminiyā paṭipadāya aññāṇaṁ – ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā"ti.

"Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā"ti?

"Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā"ti. "Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā"ti? "Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etissā avijjāya pahānāya, seyyathidaṁ – sammādiṭṭhi … pe … sammāsamādhi. Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāyā"ti. "Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etissā avijjāya pahānāya. Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā"ti.

Navamaṁ.