7. Appatividita Sutta
Discourse on Lack of Insight

      7. The Bhagava was staying at Savatthi... Standing at a suitable place, the deva spoke thus in verse in the presence of the Bhagava:

      "Those who have no insight into the Ariya Truths are drawn to false views¹. They are asleep, not awake. It is time for them to wake up.²"

      (The Bhagava said:)

      "Those who have insight into the Ariya Truths are not drawn to false views. Having perfect knowledge of the Four Ariya Truths, they are fully awakened.³

      In a turbulent⁴ world they conduct themselves with serenity."

End of the Appatividita Sutta,

the seventh in this vagga.

     FOOTNOTES

      1. drawn to false views: Paravadesu niyare: lit., drawn to other views. Those ignorant of the Ariya Truths are liable to cling to any one of the sixty-two kinds of false views.

      2. It is time for them to wake up: The time is most opportune to gain enlightenment, for the Buddha has arisen in the world, and the Dhamma has been proclaimed by the All-knowing One. Moreover, there is also the Samgha who follow the way as shown by the Buddha, and there is also the Ariya Path.

      3. They are fully awakened: There are four kinds of Buddhas, namely,

• (i) Sabbannuta buddha, the All- knowing One who knows all the dhammas that should be known;
• (ii) Pacceka buddha, who also knows all the dhammas that should be known but who cannot teach others.
• (iii) Catusacca buddha: The Knower of the Four Truths. One who realizes the Four Ariya Truths by learning from others.
• (iv) Suta buddha: One who knows about Four Ariya Truths merely on an intellectual level.

      Only the first three kinds of buddhas are fully awakened ones.

      4. Turbulent: visama: disharmonious.