← Saṃyutta NikāyaSN22.128Connected Discourses 22.128SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Linked Discourses 22.12813. IgnoranceLiable To Originate (3rd)At one time Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita were staying near Varanasi, in the deer park at Isipatana. …Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta:“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.What is knowledge?And how is a knowledgeable person defined?”“Reverend, it’s when a learned noble disciple truly understands form, which is liable to originate … liable to vanish … liable to originate and vanish, as form which is liable to originate and vanish.They truly understand feeling …perception …choices …consciousness, which is liable to originate … liable to vanish … liable to originate and vanish, as consciousness which is liable to originate and vanish.This is called knowledge.And this is how a knowledgeable person is defined.”