[127] The Blessed One said this: "And what, bhikkhus, are the seventy-seven cases of knowledge (ñāṇavatthu)? The knowledge (ñāṇa) that with birth (jāti) as condition there is aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa); the knowledge that when there is no birth, there is no aging-and-death; the knowledge that in the past period too, with birth as condition there is aging-and-death; the knowledge that when there is no birth, there is no aging-and-death; the knowledge that in the future period too, with birth as condition there is aging-and-death; the knowledge that when there is no birth, there is no aging-and-death; and the knowledge that this knowledge of the stability of dhammas (dhammaṭṭhitiñāṇa) which one possesses is itself subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation (nirodha).
The knowledge that with existence (bhava) as condition there is birth … the knowledge that with clinging (upādāna) as condition there is existence … the knowledge that with craving (taṇhā) as condition there is clinging … the knowledge that with feeling (vedanā) as condition there is craving … the knowledge that with contact (phassa) as condition there is feeling … the knowledge that with the six sense bases (saḷāyatana) as condition there is contact … the knowledge that with name-and-form (nāmarūpa) as condition there are the six sense bases … the knowledge that with consciousness (viññāṇa) as condition there is name-and-form … the knowledge that with volitional formations (saṅkhārā) as condition there is consciousness … the knowledge that with ignorance (avijjā) as condition there are volitional formations; the knowledge that when there is no ignorance, there are no volitional formations; the knowledge that in the past period too, with ignorance as condition there are volitional formations; the knowledge that when there is no ignorance, there are no volitional formations; the knowledge that in the future period too, with ignorance as condition there are volitional formations; the knowledge that when there is no ignorance, there are no volitional formations; and the knowledge that this knowledge of the stability of dhammas which one possesses is itself subject to destruction, subject to vanishing, subject to fading away, subject to cessation.
These, bhikkhus, are called the seventy-seven cases of knowledge."
The fourth [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.