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Itivuttaka 14

Avijjānīvaraṇasutta

The Hindrance of Ignorance · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said·thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

no, I“Nāhaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, anotheraññaṁ one·shroud·evenekanīvaraṇampi together·along·seesamanupassāmi by whichyena by the shroudnīvaraṇena down·shroudnivutā peoplepajā long·timedīgharattaṁ they wandersandhāvanti together·transmigratesaṁsaranti like thisyathayidaṁ, mendicantsbhikkhave, ignorance·shroudavijjānīvaraṇaṁ.
ignorance·shroudAvijjānīvaraṇena indeedhi, mendicantsbhikkhave, down·shroudnivutā peoplepajā long·timedīgharattaṁ they wandersandhāvanti together·transmigratesaṁsarantī”ti.
this·matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
there·thisTatthetaṁ thusiti it is saidvuccati:

not·to be + other“Natthañño one thing tooekadhammopi,
by which indeedyenevaṁ down·coverednivutā peoplepajā;
together·moveSaṁsaranti day + nightahorattaṁ,
asyathā by delusionmohena to·coveredāvutā.

whoYe andca delusionmohaṁ having given uppahantvāna,
darkness·masstamokhandhaṁ shatteredpadālayuṁ;
notNa theyte againpuna wandersaṁsaranti,
the roothetu in themtesaṁ notna is foundvijjatī”ti.

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti Ime heardsutanti.
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