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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:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

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:

“Mendicants, I do not see a single shroud, shrouded by which people wander and transmigrate for a long time like the shroud of ignorance. Shrouded by ignorance, people wander and transmigrate for a long time.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

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

“There is no other thing that shrouds people like ignorance. Veiled by delusion, they transmigrate day and night.

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

Those who have given up delusion, shattering the mass of darkness, wander no more, the root is not found in them.”

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

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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