Nikkhepakaṇḍa

Abhidhammapiṭaka · Dhammasaṅgaṇī · Vol. 34 · Section 729

[729] Therein, which is the fetter of ignorance (avijjāsaññojana)? Lack of knowledge (aññāṇa) concerning suffering (dukkha), lack of knowledge concerning the origin (samudaya) of suffering, lack of knowledge concerning the cessation (nirodha) of suffering, lack of knowledge concerning the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering (dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā), lack of knowledge concerning the past (pubbanta), lack of knowledge concerning the future (aparanta), lack of knowledge concerning both the past and the future, lack of knowledge concerning phenomena (dhammā) dependently arisen through specific conditionality (idappaccayatā); that which is of such a kind: lack of knowledge, absence of vision (adassana), non-comprehension (anabhisamaya), non-understanding (ananubodha), non-enlightenment (asambodha), non-penetration (appaṭivedha), failure to grasp (asaṅgāhanā), failure to fathom (apariyogāhanā), failure to consider (asamapekkhanā), failure to review (apaccavekkhaṇā), failure to realize directly (apaccakkhakamma), dull-wittedness (dummejjha), foolishness (bālya), lack of clear comprehension (asampajañña), delusion (moha), bewilderment (pamoha), utter delusion (sammoha), ignorance (avijjā), the flood of ignorance (avijjogha), the yoke of ignorance (avijjāyoga), the latent tendency of ignorance (avijjānusaya), the obsession of ignorance (avijjāpariyuṭṭhāna), the bolt of ignorance (avijjālaṅgī), delusion, the unwholesome root (akusalamūla) — this is called the fetter of ignorance. These phenomena are fetters.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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