Five discourses, each keeping its own individual key prefix, matching SN 33.11–15's own encoding
Length
~1 minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — trivial once SN 33.1–5's own cycle is understood
Why this discourse
This merged file opens this saṃyutta's fourth diagnostic-verb cycle, using ananubodha ("not understanding") in place of anabhisamaya ("not comprehending"), applied identically across all five aggregates. Like SN 33.11–15 immediately before it, bilara-data preserves this cycle with per-sutta-prefix encoding rather than a single unified prefix.
Reading guide
A fourth diagnostic verb, the same structure
"It is because of not understanding form … This is the cause, this is the reason" — the identical five-aggregate diagnostic claim, now using ananubodha ("not understanding").
The opening frame restored, briefly
Unlike SN 33.11–15's own opening sub-discourse, which preserved only "at Sāvatthī" and the diagnostic answer, this file's own opening sub-discourse (sn33.16) keeps just the setting and the answer's first line, with the question itself elided even here.
Confirming per-sutta-prefix encoding recurs, not a one-off
With this file matching SN 33.11–15's own encoding choice rather than SN 33.6–10's unified prefix, the per-sutta-prefix convention is confirmed as a genuine recurring pattern within this saṃyutta, not an isolated exception.
Fourth of eleven cycles, seven more still to come
With "not knowing," "not seeing," "not comprehending," and now "not understanding" all confirmed, this saṃyutta's own eleven-verb structure continues, seven further diagnostic verbs still ahead.
Key terms
ananubodha — not understanding, or not awakening to — the fourth of eleven near-synonymous diagnostic verbs
rūpa — form — the only aggregate given any surviving frame in this file's own opening sub-discourse
anabhisamaya — not comprehending — the previous cycle's own diagnostic verb, replaced here by ananubodha
viññāṇa — consciousness — the fifth and final aggregate, closing this file's own five-part set at sn33.20
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing four of the five sub-discourses to a single aggregate-name each
The text
The complete merged file: the opening sub-discourse with its surviving frame, and the remaining four sub-discourses' own bare aggregate-names. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī.
§2“Vaccha, it is because of not understanding form …
§3feeling …
§4perception …
§5choices …
§6consciousness …”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
How many discourses does this single merged file compress?
Correct: A. The fourth of this saṃyutta's eleven five-discourse diagnostic-verb cycles.
Question 2 of 5
What diagnostic verb does this cycle use?
Correct: A. The fourth of eleven near-synonymous diagnostic verbs this saṃyutta cycles through.
Question 3 of 5
How does this file's encoding compare to SN 33.11–15's own?
Correct: A. Confirming per-sutta-prefix encoding as a genuine recurring pattern, not an isolated exception.
Question 4 of 5
Is Vacchagotta's own question preserved in this file's opening sub-discourse?
Correct: A. Only the setting and the answer's first line survive.
Question 5 of 5
How many diagnostic-verb cycles remain after this one?
Correct: A. This saṃyutta's own eleven-verb structure continues well beyond this fourth confirmation.
