Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.111–120
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 46.111–120
12. Esanāvagga
12. Searches
Esanādisutta
Searches, Etc.
“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.
“Mendicants, there are these three searches.
Katamā tisso?
What three?
Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.
The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”
Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Esanā vidhā āsavo,
Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;
Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,
Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.
(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)