iti14:0.1So It Was Said 14
iti14:0.2The Book of the Ones
iti14:0.3Chapter Two
iti14:0.4The Shroud of Ignorance
iti14:1.1This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
iti14:2.1“Mendicants, I do not see a single shroud, shrouded by which people wander and transmigrate for a long time like the shroud of ignorance.
iti14:2.2Shrouded by ignorance, people wander and transmigrate for a long time.”
iti14:2.3The Buddha spoke this matter.
iti14:2.4On this it is said:
iti14:3.1“There is no other thing
iti14:3.2that shrouds people like ignorance.
iti14:3.3Veiled by delusion,
iti14:3.4they transmigrate day and night.
iti14:4.1Those who have given up delusion,
iti14:4.2shattering the mass of darkness,
iti14:4.3wander no more,
iti14:4.4the root is not found in them.”
iti14:5.1This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.