[712] Therein, which is the taint of ignorance (avijjāsava)?
Lack of knowledge (aññāṇa) regarding suffering (dukkha), lack of knowledge regarding the origin of suffering (dukkhasamudaya), lack of knowledge regarding the cessation of suffering (dukkhanirodha), lack of knowledge regarding the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering (dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā); lack of knowledge regarding the past (pubbanta), lack of knowledge regarding the future (aparanta), lack of knowledge regarding both the past and the future; lack of knowledge regarding phenomena (dhammā) dependently arisen through specific conditionality (idappaccayatā) — whatever of such a kind is lack of knowledge, lack of vision, non-comprehension, non-understanding, non-awakening, non-penetration, failure to grasp, failure to fathom, failure to consider, failure to reflect, failure to realize directly, dull-wittedness, foolishness, lack of clear comprehension (asampajañña), delusion (moha), bewilderment, utter delusion, ignorance (avijjā), the flood of ignorance (avijjogha), the yoke of ignorance (avijjāyoga), the latent tendency of ignorance (avijjānusaya), the obsession of ignorance (avijjāpariyuṭṭhāna), the barrier of ignorance (avijjālaṅgī), delusion the unwholesome root (akusalamūla) — this is called the taint of ignorance.
These phenomena are taints.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.