Reading guide
A fourth target, the sparest discourse yet
The underlying tendencies (anusayā) join ignorance, the fetters, and the defilements as this vagga's own fourth and final pahāna/samugghāta target — introduced in this vagga's own most compressed discourse so far.
Even the question is now assumed
SN 35.56 and SN 35.57 each still wrote out their own full question before eliding the answer; this discourse elides part of the question itself, leaning on SN 35.53's own opening template to supply the missing clause.
Key terms
anusaya — underlying tendency — this discourse's own new target, the last of this vagga's own four
pahāna — giving up — this discourse's own (unwritten) verb
peyyāla — formula-repetition — here eliding part of the question itself, not only the answer
āsava — defilement — the previous target, for comparison
avijjā — ignorance — this vagga's own opening target and ultimate template source
The text
The complete discourse, exactly as both the Pali root and Sujato's own English give it: a single, partly elided question, and no written answer. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Sir, how does one know and see so that the underlying tendencies are given up?” …
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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 new target does this discourse introduce?
Correct: A. This vagga's own fourth and final pahāna/samugghāta target.
Question 2 of 5
What makes this discourse more compressed than SN 35.56 and SN 35.57 before it?
Correct: A. The sparest discourse in this vagga so far.
Question 3 of 5
What is the reader trusted to supply for this discourse's own missing question clause?
Correct: A. The same source template every discourse in this vagga's opening run draws on.
Question 4 of 5
By this vagga's own established pattern, what lens does this discourse's unwritten answer presumably use?
Correct: A. Giving up runs on impermanence throughout this vagga.
Question 5 of 5
What discourse immediately follows, completing the underlying tendencies' own pair?
Correct: A. SN 35.59 restores this vagga's own full sixfold chain in Pali, though not in English.