The Samyutta Nikaya
The Grouped Discourses
Samyutta
Nikaya
XII.19
Bala-pandita
Sutta
The
Fool
&
the
Wise
Person
Translated
from
the
Pali
by
Thanissaro
Bhikkhu.
Dwelling
at
Savatthi.
"When
a
fool
is
obstructed
by
ignorance
and
conjoined
with
craving,
this
body
thus
results.
Now
there
is
both
this
body
and
external
name-&-form.
Here,
in
dependence
on
this
duality,
there
is
contact
at
the
six
senses.
Touched
by
these,
or
one
or
another
of
them,
the
fool
is
sensitive
to
pleasure
&
pain.
"When
a
wise
person
is
obstructed
by
ignorance
and
conjoined
with
craving,
this
body
thus
results.
Now
there
is
both
this
body
and
external
name-&-form.
Here,
in
dependence
on
this
duality,
there
is
contact
at
the
six
senses.
Touched
by
these,
or
one
or
another
of
them,
the
wise
person
is
sensitive
to
pleasure
&
pain.
"So
what
difference,
what
distinction,
what
distinguishing
factor
is
there
between
the
wise
person
&
the
fool?"
"For
us,
lord,
the
teachings
have
the
Blessed
One
as
their
root,
their
guide,
&
their
refuge.
It
would
be
good
if
the
Blessed
One
himself
would
explicate
the
meaning
of
this
statement.
Having
heard
it
from
the
Blessed
One,
the
monks
will
remember
it."
"In
that
case,
monks,
listen
&
pay
close
attention.
I
will
speak."
"As
you
say,
lord,"
the
monks
responded.
The
Blessed
One
said,
"The
ignorance
with
which
the
fool
is
obstructed,
the
craving
with
which
he
is
conjoined,
through
which
this
body
results:
that
ignorance
has
not
been
abandoned
by
the
fool;
that
craving
has
not
been
destroyed.
Why
is
that?
The
fool
has
not
practiced
the
holy
life
for
the
right
ending
of
stress.
Therefore,
at
the
break-up
of
the
body,
he
is
headed
for
a
[new]
body.
Headed
for
a
body,
he
is
not
entirely
freed
from
birth,
aging,
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair.
I
tell
you,
he
is
not
entirely
freed
from
stress
&
suffering.
"The
ignorance
with
which
the
wise
person
is
obstructed,
the
craving
with
which
he
is
conjoined,
through
which
this
body
results:
that
ignorance
has
been
abandoned
by
the
wise
person;
that
craving
has
been
destroyed.
Why
is
that?
The
wise
person
has
practiced
the
holy
life
for
the
right
ending
of
stress.
Therefore,
at
the
break-up
of
the
body,
he
is
not
headed
for
a
[new]
body.
Not
headed
for
a
body,
he
is
entirely
freed
from
birth,
aging,
death,
sorrow,
lamentation,
pain,
distress,
&
despair.
He
is,
I
tell
you,
entirely
freed
from
stress
&
suffering."
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