{"id":"sn45.161","title":"Searches","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn45.161","title":"Searches","units":[{"id":"sn45.161:0","sourceIds":["sn45.161:0.1","sn45.161:0.2","sn45.161:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.161\n13. Esanāvagga\nEsanāsutta","en":"Linked Discourses 45.161\n13. Searches\nSearches"}},{"id":"sn45.161:1","sourceIds":["sn45.161:1.1","sn45.161:1.2","sn45.161:1.3","sn45.161:1.4","sn45.161:1.5","sn45.161:1.6","sn45.161:1.7","sn45.161:1.8","sn45.161:1.9"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāvatthinidānaṁ.\n“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.\nKatamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.","en":"At Sāvatthī.\n“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to directly know these three searches.\nWhat is the noble eightfold path?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which rely on seclusion, fading away, and cessation, and ripen as letting go.\nThis is the noble eightfold path that should be developed to directly know these three searches.”"}},{"id":"sn45.161:2","sourceIds":["sn45.161:2.1","sn45.161:2.2","sn45.161:2.3","sn45.161:2.4","sn45.161:2.5","sn45.161:2.6","sn45.161:2.7","sn45.161:2.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tisso imā kho, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.\nKatamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti rāgavinayapariyosānaṁ dosavinayapariyosānaṁ mohavinayapariyosānaṁ.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to directly know these three searches.\nWhat is the noble eightfold path?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which culminate in the removal of greed, hate, and delusion.\nThis is the noble eightfold path that should be developed to directly know these three searches.”"}},{"id":"sn45.161:3","sourceIds":["sn45.161:3.1","sn45.161:3.2","sn45.161:3.3","sn45.161:3.4","sn45.161:3.5","sn45.161:3.6","sn45.161:3.7","sn45.161:3.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tisso imā kho, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.\nKatamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti amatogadhaṁ amataparāyanaṁ amatapariyosānaṁ.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to directly know these three searches.\nWhat is the noble eightfold path?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, whose objective, destination, and culmination is freedom from death.\nThis is the noble eightfold path that should be developed to directly know these three searches.”"}},{"id":"sn45.161:4","sourceIds":["sn45.161:4.1","sn45.161:4.2","sn45.161:4.3","sn45.161:4.4","sn45.161:4.5","sn45.161:4.6","sn45.161:4.7","sn45.161:4.8"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tisso imā kho, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.\nKatamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti nibbānaninnaṁ nibbānapoṇaṁ nibbānapabbhāraṁ.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ abhiññāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to directly know these three searches.\nWhat is the noble eightfold path?\nIt’s when a mendicant develops right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion, which slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.\nThis is the noble eightfold path that should be developed to directly know these three searches.”"}},{"id":"sn45.161:5","sourceIds":["sn45.161:5.1","sn45.161:5.2","sn45.161:5.3","sn45.161:5.4","sn45.161:5.5","sn45.161:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ pariññāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.\n(Yadapi abhiññā, tadapi pariññāya vitthāretabbaṁ.)","en":"“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to completely understand …”\n(Tell in full with “completely understand” instead of “directly know”.)"}},{"id":"sn45.161:6","sourceIds":["sn45.161:6.1","sn45.161:6.2","sn45.161:6.3","sn45.161:6.4","sn45.161:6.5","sn45.161:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ parikkhayāya …pe… ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabboti.\n(Yadapi abhiññā, tadapi parikkhayāya vitthāretabbaṁ.)","en":"“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to finish …”\n(Tell in full with “finish” instead of “directly know”.)"}},{"id":"sn45.161:7","sourceIds":["sn45.161:7.1","sn45.161:7.2","sn45.161:7.3","sn45.161:7.4","sn45.161:7.5","sn45.161:7.6","sn45.161:7.7","sn45.161:7.8","sn45.161:7.9","sn45.161:7.10"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.\nKatamā tisso?\nKāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā—\nimā kho, bhikkhave, tisso esanā.\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ pahānāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.\nKatamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?\nIdha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sammādiṭṭhiṁ bhāveti …pe… sammāsamādhiṁ bhāveti vivekanissitaṁ virāganissitaṁ nirodhanissitaṁ vossaggapariṇāmiṁ …\nImāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ esanānaṁ pahānāya ayaṁ ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.\n(Yadapi abhiññā, tadapi pahānāya vitthāretabbaṁ.)\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"“Mendicants, there are these three searches.\nWhat three?\nThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.\nThese are the three searches.\nThe noble eightfold path should be developed to give up …”\n(Tell in full with “give up” instead of “directly know”.)"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn45.161/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}