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Esanādisutta

Searches, Etc.

“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.
“Mendicants, there are these three searches.

Katamā tisso?
What three?

Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti
The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”

vitthāretabbaṁ.
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)

Esanāvaggo navamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Esanā vidhā āsavo,
Searches, discriminations, defilements,

Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;
states of existence, three kinds of suffering,

Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,
barrenness, stains, and troubles,

Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.
feelings, craving, and thirst.