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Linked Discourses · SN 46.111–120

  • Linked Discourses 46.111–120Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.111–120
  • 12. Searches12. Esanāvagga

Searches, Etc.Esanādisutta

“Mendicants, there are these three searches.“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā. What three?Katamā tisso? The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.

(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 47.85–94 Searches, Etc. 0.89near 0.1Linked Discourses 47.85–94 9. 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. …”…
  2. SN 49.35–44 Ten Discourses on Searches, Etc. 0.79near 0.1Linked Discourses 49.35–44 4. Searches Ten Discourses on 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…
  3. SN 51.67–76 Searches 0.61near 0.1Linked Discourses 51.67–76 7. Searches Searches (Tell in full as in the chapter on searches at SN 45.161–170.) Searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, an…
  4. SN 50.35–44 Searches 0.61near 0.1Linked Discourses 50.35–44 4. Searches Searches (Tell in full as in the chapter on searches at SN 45.161–170.) Searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, an…
  5. SN 50.89–98 Another Series on Searches, Etc. 0.61near 0.1Linked Discourses 50.89–98 8. Another Chapter on Searches Another Series on Searches, Etc. (Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170, removal of greed version.) Searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three…