Samyuttanikaya 12.7.1.61

12.7.1.61

Mahāvaggassa paṭhame assutavāti khandhadhātuāyatanapaccayākārasatipaṭṭhānādīsu uggahaparipucchāvinicchayarahito. Puthujjanoti puthūnaṃ nānappakārānaṃ kilesādīnaṃ jananādikāraṇehi puthujjano. Vuttañhetaṃ – ‘‘puthu kilese janentīti puthujjanā’’ti sabbaṃ vitthāretabbaṃ. Apica puthūnaṃ gaṇanapathamatītānaṃ ariyadhammaparammukhānaṃ nīcadhammasamācārānaṃ janānaṃ antogadhattāpi puthujjano, puthu vā ayaṃ visuṃyeva saṅkhaṃ gato, visaṃsaṭṭho sīlasutādiguṇayuttehi ariyehi janoti puthujjano. Evametehi ‘‘assutavā puthujjano’’ti dvīhipi padehi ye te –

In the first [discourse] of the Great Division: 'unlearned' means devoid of learning, questioning, and discerning concerning the aggregates, elements, sense bases, dependent origination, foundations of mindfulness, and so forth. 'An ordinary person': one is an ordinary person (puthujjana) because of producing various, manifold defilements and so forth. For this has been said: 'They are ordinary persons because they produce manifold defilements'—all this should be elaborated. Moreover, one is an ordinary person because of being included among the many persons beyond enumeration, who have their backs turned on the noble Dhamma and engage in base practices; or one is an ordinary person because one is reckoned as separate, disconnected from the noble persons endowed with qualities such as virtue and learning. Thus, of those who are described by these two words 'unlearned ordinary person'—