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Linked Discourses 46.111–120 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.111–120

12. Searches – 12. Esanāvagga

SN 46.111–120 Searches, Etc. – Esanādisutta

 

“Bhikkhū, there are these three searches.

“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.

What three?

Katamā tisso?

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

Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.

 

Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.

 

Tassuddānaṁ

 

Esanā vidhā āsavo,

 

Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;

 

Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,

(To be expanded as in SN 45.161–170.)

Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.