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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 47.85ā94 Linked Discourses 47.85ā94
9. EsanÄvagga 9. Searches
EsanÄdisutta Searches, Etc.
āTisso imÄ, bhikkhave, esanÄ. āMendicants, there are these three searches.
KatamÄ tisso? What three?
KÄmesanÄ, bhavesanÄ, brahmacariyesanÄāti The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. ā¦ā
vitthÄretabbaį¹. (Tell in full as in SN 45.161ā170.)
EsanÄvaggo navamo.
TassuddÄnaį¹
EsanÄ vidhÄ Äsavo, Searches, discriminations, defilements,
Bhavo ca dukkhatÄ tisso; states of existence, three kinds of suffering,
Khilaį¹ malaƱca nÄ«gho ca, barrenness, stains, and troubles,
VedanÄ taį¹hÄ tasinÄya cÄti. feelings, craving, and thirst.