Dighanikaya 9.416

9.416

Saññā nu kho, bhanteti bhante nirodhasamāpajjanakassa bhikkhuno ‘‘saññā nu kho paṭhamaṃ uppajjatī’’ti pucchati. Tassa bhagavā ‘‘saññā kho, poṭṭhapādā’’ti byākāsi. Tattha saññāti jhānasaññā. Ñāṇanti vipassanāñāṇaṃ. Aparo nayo, saññāti vipassanā saññā. Ñāṇanti maggañāṇaṃ. Aparo nayo, saññāti maggasaññā. Ñāṇanti phalañāṇaṃ. Tipiṭakamahāsivatthero panāha –

“Does perception [arise first], venerable sir?”—he asks, “Venerable sir, for a monk entering cessation, does perception arise first?” The Blessed One answered him, “Perception indeed, Poṭṭhapāda...” Therein, “perception” is absorption-perception. “Knowledge” is insight-knowledge. Another method: “perception” is insight-perception; “knowledge” is path-knowledge. Another method: “perception” is path-perception; “knowledge” is fruit-knowledge. But the Elder Tipiṭaka Mahāsīva said: