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# SN 22:23 · Comprehension (Pariñña Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-22-23/
- Published: 2026-06-01T03:06:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:34:50.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 22:23. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Discourse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

Near Sāvatthī. “Monks, I will teach you the phenomena to be comprehended, as well as comprehension. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak.”

“As you say, lord,” the monks responded to him.

The Blessed One said, “And which are the phenomena to be comprehended? Form is a phenomenon to be comprehended. Feeling… Perception… Fabrications… Consciousness is a phenomenon to be comprehended. These are called phenomena to be comprehended.

“And which is comprehension? Any ending of passion, ending of aversion, ending of delusion:[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN22%5F23.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) This is called comprehension.”

Note

1\. Comprehension here means the arahant’s full-knowing (see [MN 117](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-117/)). As [SN 56:11](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-56-11/) shows, the first noble truth of suffering and stress is to be comprehended. As [SN 56:30](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-56-30/) further implies, when the first noble truth has been comprehended, the tasks with regard to all the other noble truths have been completed as well.

See also: [MN 149](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-149/); [SN 22:122](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-22-122/); [SN 38:14](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-38-14/); [SN 47:38](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-47-38/)

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN22%5F23.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*