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Linked Discourses · SN 35.15

  • Linked Discourses 35.15Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.15
  • 2. Pairs2. Yamakavagga

In Search of Gratification (Interior)Paṭhamaassādapariyesanasutta

“Mendicants, I went in search of the eye’s gratification,“Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it.Yo cakkhussa assādo tadajjhagamaṁ. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s gratification.Yāvatā cakkhussa assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. I went in search of the eye’s drawback,Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it.Yo cakkhussa ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s drawback.Yāvatā cakkhussa ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. I went in search of escape from the eye,Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it.Yaṁ cakkhussa nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the eye.Yāvatā cakkhussa nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.

I went in search of the ear’s …Sotassāhaṁ, bhikkhave … nose’s …ghānassāhaṁ, bhikkhave … tongue’s …jivhāyāhaṁ bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. body’s …Yāvatā jivhāya nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ …pe… mind’s gratification,manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it.Yo manassa assādo tadajjhagamaṁ. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s gratification.Yāvatā manassa assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. I went in search of the mind’s drawback,Manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it.Yo manassa ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s drawback.Yāvatā manassa ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. I went in search of escape from the mind,Manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it.Yaṁ manassa nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the mind.Yāvatā manassa nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.

As long as I didn’t truly understand these six interior sense fields’ gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, I didn’t announce my supreme perfect awakening …Yāvakīvañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ channaṁ ajjhattikānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññāsiṁ …pe…

But when I did truly understand …paccaññāsiṁ.

Knowledge and vision arose in me:Ñāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi: ‘My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’”‘akuppā me vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.13 Before My Awakening (Interior) 0.62near 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…
  2. SN 35.16 In Search of Gratification (Exterior) 0.62near 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. …”…
  3. SN 22.27 Gratification (2nd) 0.60near 0.1Linked Discourses 22.27 3. The Burden Gratification (2nd) At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I went in search of form’s gratification, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of form’s gratification. I went…
  4. SN 14.32 In Search of Gratification 0.54near 0.1Linked Discourses 14.32 4. Chapter Four In Search of Gratification At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, I went in search of the earth element’s gratification, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of gratifi…
  5. AN 3.104 Gratification (1st) 0.52near 0.1Numbered Discourses 3.104 11. Awakening Gratification (1st) “Mendicants, I went in search of the world’s gratification, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of gratification in the world. I went…