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Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Perfectly Self-Enlightened One. In the Minor Collection The Pāli Text of the Path of Discrimination 1. The Great Chapter Matrix 1. Wisdom in listening attentively, knowledge born of learning. 2. Wisdom in restraint after hearing, knowledge born of virtue. 3. Wisdom in concentration after restraint, knowledge born of developing concentration. 4. Wisdom in comprehending conditions, knowledge of the stability of phenomena. 5. Wisdom in classifying and summarizing past, future, and present phenomena, knowledge of comprehension. 6. Wisdom in observing the change of present phenomena, knowledge of observing rise and fall. 7. Wisdom in observing dissolution after reflecting on the object, knowledge of insight. 8. Wisdom in the manifestation of fear, knowledge of danger. 9. Wisdom in the desire for release, reflection, and firm establishment, knowledge in equanimity towards formations. 10. Wisdom in rising and turning away from external things, knowledge of change of lineage. 11. Wisdom in rising and turning away from both, knowledge of the path. 12. Wisdom in the calming of exertion, knowledge of the fruit. 13. Wisdom in observing the cutting off of the circuit, knowledge of liberation. 14. Wisdom in seeing the phenomena that have then arisen, knowledge of reviewing. 15. Wisdom in internal classification, knowledge of the diversity of bases. 16. Wisdom in external classification, knowledge of the diversity of objects. 17. Wisdom in classifying conduct, knowledge of the diversity of conduct. 18. Wisdom in classifying four phenomena, knowledge of the diversity of planes. 19. Wisdom in classifying nine phenomena, knowledge of the diversity of phenomena. 20. Wisdom of direct knowledge, knowledge in the sense of knowing. 21. Wisdom of full understanding, knowledge in the sense of comprehending. 22. Wisdom of abandoning, knowledge in the sense of relinquishing. 23. Wisdom of development, knowledge in the sense of having one taste. 24. Wisdom of realization, knowledge in the sense of experiencing. 25. Wisdom in the diversity of meaning, knowledge of discrimination of meaning. 26. Wisdom in the diversity of phenomena, knowledge of discrimination of phenomena. 27. Wisdom in the diversity of language, knowledge of discrimination of language. Wisdom in the diversity of ready wit, is knowledge in the analytical knowledge of ready wit. 29. Wisdom in the diversity of abidings, is knowledge in the state of abiding. 30. Wisdom in the diversity of attainments, is knowledge in the state of attainment. 31. Wisdom in the diversity of abidings and attainments, is knowledge in the state of abiding and attainment. 32. Wisdom in the eradication of defilements due to the purity of non-distraction, is knowledge in the immediate concentration. 33. Wisdom in the dominance of insight, and the attainment of peaceful abiding, and the inclination towards the excellent, is knowledge in the abiding free from defilements. 34. Wisdom due to being endowed with two powers, and the calming of the three fabrications, and mastery by sixteen courses of knowledge, and by nine courses of concentration, is knowledge in the attainment of cessation. 35. Wisdom in the ending of continuity for one who is fully aware, is knowledge in final Nibbāna. 36. Wisdom in the right eradication and cessation and non-arising of all phenomena, is knowledge in the state of the summit. 37. Wisdom in the ending of diverse kinds of defilements, is knowledge in the state of effacement. 38. Wisdom in the state of unflagging, resolute exertion, is knowledge in the arousal of energy. 39. Wisdom in the manifestation of various phenomena, is knowledge in the clear showing of meaning. 40. Wisdom in the penetration of diversity and unity and being gathered into one of all phenomena, is knowledge of purity of view. 41. Wisdom due to being known, is knowledge of patience. 42. Wisdom due to being touched, is knowledge in penetration. 43. Wisdom in bringing together, is knowledge in partial abiding. 44. Wisdom due to being dominant, is knowledge in the turning away from perception. 45. Wisdom in diversity, is knowledge in the turning away of consciousness. 46. Wisdom in determination, is knowledge in the turning away of mind. 47. Wisdom in emptiness, is knowledge in the turning away of knowledge. 48. Wisdom in relinquishment, is knowledge in the turning away of liberation. 49. Wisdom in the state of reality, is knowledge in the turning away of truth. 50. Wisdom in the state of accomplishment by way of determination, with both body and mind established as one, and the perception of happiness and lightness, is knowledge in the various kinds of psychic power. 51. Wisdom in the penetration of the diverse and unified signs of sounds by way of the expansion of thought, is knowledge of the purity of the ear element. 52. Of three Wisdom in comprehending the conduct of various and single consciousnesses, due to the spreading of minds and by way of the clarity of faculties, is knowledge of the minds of others. 53. Wisdom in comprehending phenomena proceeding from conditions, by way of the spreading of various and single kamma, is knowledge of recollection of past lives. 54. Wisdom in the aspect of seeing various and single forms and signs by way of radiance, is divine eye knowledge. 55. Wisdom, by the mastery of the three faculties in sixty-four aspects, is knowledge of the destruction of the taints. 56. Wisdom in the aspect of full understanding, is knowledge of suffering. 57. Wisdom in the aspect of abandoning, is knowledge of the origin. 58. Wisdom in the aspect of realization, is knowledge of cessation. 59. Wisdom in the aspect of development, is knowledge of the path. 60. Knowledge of suffering. 61. Knowledge of the origin of suffering. 62. Knowledge of the cessation of suffering. 63. Knowledge of the path leading to the cessation of suffering. 64. Knowledge of analytical insight into meaning. 65. Knowledge of analytical insight into phenomena. 66. Knowledge of analytical insight into language. 67. Knowledge of analytical insight into ready wit. 68. Knowledge of the maturity of the faculties of others. 69. Knowledge of the inclinations and latent tendencies of beings. 70. Knowledge of the Twin Miracle. 71. Knowledge of the attainment of great compassion. 72. Omniscience. 73. Unobstructed knowledge. These are seventy-three knowledges. Of these seventy-three knowledges, sixty-seven knowledges are common to disciples; six knowledges are not common to disciples. The matrix is concluded. 1. Discourse on Knowledge 1. Exposition of Knowledge Born of Hearing 1. How is wisdom in giving ear, knowledge born of hearing? Giving ear, "These phenomena are to be directly known," wisdom knowing that, is knowledge born of hearing. Giving ear, "These phenomena are to be fully understood," wisdom knowing that, is knowledge born of hearing. Giving ear, "These phenomena are to be abandoned," wisdom knowing that, is knowledge born of hearing. Giving ear, "These phenomena are to be developed," wisdom knowing that, is knowledge born of hearing. Giving ear, "These phenomena are to be realized," wisdom knowing that, is knowledge born of hearing. Giving ear, "These phenomena are conducive to decline," Such attention, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "These phenomena lead to stability" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "These phenomena lead to distinction" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "These phenomena lead to penetration" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "All formations are impermanent" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "All formations are suffering" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "All phenomena are non-self" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "This is the noble truth of suffering" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "This is the noble truth of the origin of suffering" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. "This is the noble truth of the path leading to the cessation of suffering" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing. 2. How is it that "These phenomena are to be fully understood" – attentive listening, the understanding of that is wisdom, knowledge gained by hearing? One phenomenon is to be fully understood: all beings subsist on food. Two phenomena are to be fully understood: two elements. Three phenomena are to be fully understood: three elements. Four phenomena are to be fully understood: four noble truths. Five phenomena are to be fully understood: five spheres of liberation. Six phenomena are to be fully understood: six supreme things. Seven phenomena are to be fully understood: seven grounds for instruction. Eight phenomena are to be fully understood: eight spheres of mastery. Nine phenomena are to be fully understood: nine gradual abidings. Ten phenomena are to be fully understood: ten grounds for wearing out (of defilements). 3. "All, monks, is to be fully understood." "And what, monks, is all to be fully understood? The eye, monks... The eye is to be fully understood; forms are to be fully understood; eye-consciousness is to be fully understood; eye-contact is to be fully understood; and whatever feeling arises dependent on eye-contact— whether pleasant or painful or neither-pleasant-nor-painful—