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Linked Discourses · SN 35.16

  • Linked Discourses 35.16Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.16
  • 2. Pairs2. Yamakavagga

In Search of Gratification (Exterior)Dutiyaassādapariyesanasutta

“Mendicants, I went in search of the gratification of sights,“Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. and I found it. …”Yo rūpānaṁ assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 35.18 If There Were No Gratification (Exterior) 0.67near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.18 2. Pairs If There Were No Gratification (Exterior) “Mendicants, if there were no gratification in sights, sentient beings wouldn’t be aroused by them. …”…
  2. SN 35.15 In Search of Gratification (Interior) 0.62near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.15 2. Pairs In Search of Gratification (Interior) “Mendicants, I went in search of the eye’s gratification, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s gratification. I…
  3. SN 35.14 Before My Awakening (Exterior) 0.54near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.14 2. Pairs Before My Awakening (Exterior) “Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought: ‘What’s the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when…
  4. SN 35.20 Taking Pleasure (Exterior) 0.53near 0.1Linked Discourses 35.20 2. Pairs Taking Pleasure (Exterior) “Mendicants, if you take pleasure in sights, you take pleasure in suffering. If you take pleasure in suffering, you’re not free from suffering, I say. …”…
  5. SN 46.111–120 Searches, Etc. 0.52near 0.1Linked Discourses 46.111–120 12. Searches Searches, Etc. “Mendicants, there are these three searches. What three? The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.…