Five discourses compressed by bilara-data into a single file, one shared frame with the second diagnostic verb applied across all five aggregates
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 second diagnostic-verb cycle, replacing SN 33.1–5's own aññāṇa ("not knowing") with adassana ("not seeing") — a near-synonym, applied identically across all five aggregates. Bilara-data preserves this cycle as a single unified-prefix file (sn33.6-10:), unlike SN 33.11–15's and SN 33.16–20's own per-sutta-prefix encoding immediately following it.
Reading guide
A new verb, the same five-aggregate structure
"It is because of not seeing form … feeling … perception … choices … consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation" — the identical diagnostic claim as SN 33.1–5, with adassana ("not seeing") replacing aññāṇa ("not knowing").
All five aggregates named within a single file
Unlike SN 33.1–5's own five separate files, this cycle compresses all five aggregates into one merged file, naming form in full before eliding feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness as a bare sequence.
A unified-prefix encoding, distinct from the files that follow
This file uses a single unified key prefix (sn33.6-10:) for its entire content — the same convention already seen at SN 12.72–81 and SN 29–32's own merged files — while SN 33.11–15 and SN 33.16–20 immediately following it switch to per-sutta-prefix encoding instead, confirming both conventions coexist even within a single saṃyutta.
Second of eleven diagnostic-verb cycles
With "not knowing" and now "not seeing" both applied across all five aggregates, this saṃyutta's own eleven-verb structure is confirmed a second time, nine further near-synonymous verbs still to come.
Key terms
adassana — not seeing — the second of eleven near-synonymous diagnostic verbs this saṃyutta cycles through
rūpa — form — the first aggregate, given in full before the remaining four are elided
viññāṇa — consciousness — the fifth and final aggregate, closing this file's own elided list
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing four of the five aggregates into a bare sequence
aññāṇa — not knowing — the previous cycle's own diagnostic verb, replaced here by adassana
The text
The complete merged file: the shared question, form given in full, and the remaining four aggregates elided as bilara-data preserves them. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1At Sāvatthī. Then the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha: “What is the cause, worthy Gotama, what is the reason why these various misconceptions arise in the world? …”
§2“Vaccha, it is because of not seeing form …”
§3“… feeling …” “… perception …” “… choices …” “… consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation …”
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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 second of this saṃyutta's eleven five-discourse diagnostic-verb cycles.
Question 2 of 5
What diagnostic verb does this cycle use, replacing SN 33.1–5's own aññāṇa?
Correct: A. A near-synonym, the second of eleven this saṃyutta cycles through.
Question 3 of 5
How does this file's encoding differ from SN 33.11–15's and SN 33.16–20's own?
Correct: A. Confirming both conventions coexist even within a single saṃyutta.
Question 4 of 5
What structural claim does this file confirm a second time?
Correct: A. Nine further near-synonymous diagnostic verbs still to come.
Question 5 of 5
Which aggregate is given in full in this file, with the rest elided?
Correct: A. Feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are compressed into a bare sequence after it.
