Itivuttaka 14

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14. Avijjanivaranasuttam (Ignorance)

This was said by the Lord Buddha(Bhagavata), said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Monks, I don’t envision even one other hindrance—hindered by which people go wandering & transmigrating(rebirth) on for a long, long time—like the hindrance of Ignorance (Avijja). Hindered by the hindrance of Ignorance (Avijja), people go wandering & transmigrating on for a long, long time.”

No one other thing so hinders people that they wander on, day & night, as when they’re obstructed by delusion. But those who, letting go of delusion, shatter the mass of darkness, wander no further. Their cause isn’t found.