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14. Avijjanivaranasuttam (Ignorance)
This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
“Monks, I don’t envision even one other hindrance—hindered by which people go wandering & transmigrating(rebirth) on for a long, long time—like the hindrance of Ignorance (Avijja). Hindered by the hindrance of Ignorance (Avijja), people go wandering & transmigrating on for a long, long time.”
No one other thing
so hinders people
that they wander on, day & night,
as when they’re obstructed
by delusion.
But those who, letting go of delusion,
shatter the mass of darkness,
wander no further.
Their cause isn’t found.