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SN 46.111Searches, Etc. · Esanādisutta

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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Linked Discourses (Saṁyutta)

SN 46.111

Searches, Etc. · Esanādisutta

EnglishEnglish
PāliPali
“Mendicants, there are these three searches. What three? The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”
“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā. Katamā tisso? Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ. Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.
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Tassuddānaṁ
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Esanā vidhā āsavo, Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso; Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca, Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)
(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)

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English — SuttaCentral English (Bhikkhu Sujato; Vinaya: Bhikkhu Brahmali) (2018). CC0 (public domain dedication). Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato and Bhikkhu Brahmali, dedicated to the public domain (CC0), SuttaCentral. Source

Pāli — Tipiṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti edition) (Pāli canon; Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka edition). CC0 (public domain dedication). Pāli text (Mahāsaṅgīti edition) via SuttaCentral, CC0. Source

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