Knowledge II

1. I heard thus. At one time the Blessed One lived in the monastery offered by Anāthapiṇḍika in Jeta's grove in Sāvatthi.

2. Then a certain monk approached the Blessed One, worshipped and sat on a side.

3. Sitting, said to the Blessed One: “Venerable sir, it is said `Knowledge.' What is knowledge and how does someone know?”

4. “Monk, the learned noble disciple of the Blessed One knows matter, the arising of matter, the cessation of matter, and the path leading to the cessation of matter;

5. “The learned noble disciple of the Blessed One knows feelings, their arising, cessation, and the path leading to their cessation.

6. “The learned noble disciple knows perceptions, their arising, cessation, and the path leading to their cessation.

7. “The learned noble disciple knows intentions, their arising, cessation, and the path leading to their cessation.

8. “The learned noble disciple knows consciousness, its arising, cessation, and the path leading to its cessation.

9. “Monk, to this is called knowledge, with this much someone comes to knowledge.”