So It Was Said 14

The Book of the Ones

Chapter Two

The Shroud of Ignorance

iti14:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti14:2 “Mendicants, I do not see a single shroud, shrouded by which people wander astray for a long time like the shroud of ignorance. Shrouded by ignorance, people wander astray for a long time.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

iti14:3 “There is no other thing that shrouds people like ignorance. Veiled by delusion, they wander astray day and night.

iti14:4 Those who have given up delusion, shattering the mass of darkness, wander no more, the root is not found in them.”

iti14:5 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.