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Numbered Discourses · AN 3.108

  • Numbered Discourses 3.108Aṅguttara Nikāya 3.108
  • 11. Awakening11. Sambodhavagga

SatisfactionAtittisutta

“Mendicants, there are three indulgences that never satisfy.“Tiṇṇaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti. What three?Katamesaṁ tiṇṇaṁ? Sleep,Soppassa, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti. drinking beer and wine,Surāmerayapānassa, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti. and sexual intercourse.Methunadhammasamāpattiyā, bhikkhave, paṭisevanāya natthi titti. These are the three indulgences that never satisfy.”Imesaṁ, bhikkhave, tiṇṇaṁ paṭisevanāya natthi tittī”ti.

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  1. DN 29 An Impressive Discourse 0.53near 0.1Furthermore, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption. It is without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity an…