Knowledge

At Sāvatthī.

Seated to one side, that mendicant said to the Buddha:

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.

What is knowledge?

And how is a knowing one defined?”

“Mendicant, it’s when a learned noble disciple understands form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

They understand feeling …

perception …

choices …

consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

This is called knowledge.

And this is how a knowing one is defined.”