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Linked Discourses · SN 35.14

  • Linked Discourses 35.14Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.14
  • 2. Pairs2. Yamakavagga

Before My Awakening (Exterior)Dutiyapubbesambodhasutta

“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought:“Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddhassa bodhisattasseva sato etadahosi: ‘What’s the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to sights …‘ko nu kho rūpānaṁ assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇaṁ? sounds …Ko saddānaṁ …pe… smells …ko gandhānaṁ … tastes …ko rasānaṁ … touches …ko phoṭṭhabbānaṁ … and ideas?’ …”ko dhammānaṁ assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇan’ti?

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.16 In Search of Gratification (Exterior) 0.54near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.16 2. Pairs In Search of Gratification (Exterior) “Mendicants, I went in search of the gratification of sights, and I found it. …”…
  2. SN 35.13 Before My Awakening (Interior) 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.13 2. Pairs Before My Awakening (Interior) At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought: ‘What’s the gratification, the drawback, and th…