Studies in the Origins of Buddhism c10.19

c10.19

SN. 1. 1. 1. 2: It speaks of release from Saññā, Viññāṇa and Vedanā only. The omission of the other two khandhas (as also the absence of the word "Khandha" itself) is significant. Instead of Nibbāna it uses the expression "Sattānaṃ nimokkhaṃ pamokkhaṃ vivekanti."⁹ Here the word Satta deserves to be noticed as much as the word Viveka. Salvation is implicitly conceived as the release of an individual through the realization of some fundamental distinction. With this may be compared the upamā illustrating "Āsavakhaya" in DN. 2.