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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 46.111ā120 Linked Discourses 46.111ā120
12. EsanÄvagga 12. Searches
EsanÄdisutta Searches, Etc.
āTisso imÄ, bhikkhave, esanÄ. āMendicants, there are these three searches.
KatamÄ tisso? What three?
KÄmesanÄ, bhavesanÄ, brahmacariyesanÄāti vitthÄretabbaį¹. The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. ā¦ā
EsanÄvaggo dvÄdasamo.
TassuddÄnaį¹
EsanÄ vidhÄ Äsavo,
Bhavo ca dukkhatÄ tisso;
Khilaį¹ malaƱca nÄ«gho ca,
VedanÄ taį¹hÄ tasinÄya cÄti.
(Bojjhaį¹
gasaį¹yuttassa esanÄpeyyÄlaį¹ vivekanissitato vitthÄretabbaį¹.) (Tell in full as in SN 45.161ā170.)