Reading guide
A pair completes, just as bare
Where SN 35.55 at least gave one collapsed answer sentence to complete the fetters' own pair, this discourse gives none at all, matching SN 35.56's own bareness rather than SN 35.55's.
Not-self, assumed rather than stated
By the pattern this vagga has already confirmed twice over, this discourse's own unwritten answer is presumed to use anattato (as not-self), the lens every “uprooting” discourse in this vagga has used so far.
Key terms
samugghāta — uprooting — this discourse's own (unwritten) verb
anattato — as not-self — the lens this discourse's own unwritten answer is presumed to use
āsava — defilement — carried over from SN 35.56, this pair's own shared target
peyyāla — formula-repetition — the ellipsis mark this discourse again consists almost entirely of
saṁyojana — fetter — the previous target, whose own uprooting discourse (SN 35.55) supplies this discourse's assumed template
The text
The complete discourse, exactly as both the Pali root and Sujato's own English give it: a single question, closed with a peyyāla ellipsis and no written answer. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Sir, how does one know and see so that the defilements are uprooted?” …
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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
What pair does this discourse complete?
Correct: A. Both discourses share the defilements (āsavā) as their own target.
Question 2 of 5
What verb does this discourse use for the defilements' removal?
Correct: A. Completing the gentler/stronger pair SN 35.54-55 already established for the fetters.
Question 3 of 5
What lens does the established pattern predict for this discourse's own unwritten answer?
Correct: A. Every “uprooting” discourse in this vagga so far has used anattato.
Question 4 of 5
How much of this discourse's own answer is written out?
Correct: A. As bare as SN 35.56, its own companion piece.
Question 5 of 5
What discourse immediately follows, introducing this vagga's own fourth and final target?
Correct: A. The underlying tendencies close out this vagga's own pahāna/samugghāta design.