Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.16
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 35.16
2. Yamakavagga
2. Pairs
Dutiyaassādapariyesanasutta
In Search of Gratification (Exterior)
“Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.
“Mendicants, I went in search of the gratification of sights,
Yo rūpānaṁ assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.
and I found it. …”
Yāvatā rūpānaṁ assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.
Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.
Yo rūpānaṁ ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.
Yāvatā rūpānaṁ ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.
Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.
Yaṁ rūpānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.
Yāvatā rūpānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.
Saddānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …
gandhānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …
rasānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …
phoṭṭhabbānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …
dhammānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.
Yo dhammānaṁ assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.
Yāvatā dhammānaṁ assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.
Dhammānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.
Yo dhammānaṁ ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.
Yāvatā dhammānaṁ ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.
Dhammānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.
Yaṁ dhammānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.
Yāvatā dhammānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.
Yāvakīvañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ channaṁ bāhirānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññāsiṁ …pe… paccaññāsiṁ.
Ñāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi:
‘akuppā me vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’”ti.
Catutthaṁ.