12. Esanāvagga

12. Searches

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.111–120

Linked Discourses 46.111–120

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12. Esanāvagga

12. Searches

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Esanādisutta

Searches, Etc.

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“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.

“Mendicants, there are these three searches.

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Katamā tisso?

What three?

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Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.

The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”

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Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Esanā vidhā āsavo,

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Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;

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Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,

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Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.

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(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)

(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)