sn22.113:1.1 At Sāvatthī.
sn22.113:1.2 Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha
sn22.113:1.3 and said to him:
sn22.113:1.4 “Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.
sn22.113:1.5 What is ignorance?
sn22.113:1.6 And how is an ignoramus defined?”
sn22.113:1.7 “Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
sn22.113:1.8 They don’t understand feeling …
sn22.113:1.9 perception …
sn22.113:1.10 choices …
sn22.113:1.11 consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.
sn22.113:1.12 This is called ignorance.
sn22.113:1.13 And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”