9. Esanāvagga

9. Searches

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 47.85–94

Linked Discourses 47.85–94

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9. Esanāvagga

9. 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

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

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vitthāretabbaṁ.

(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)

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Esanāvaggo navamo.

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Tassuddānaṁ

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Esanā vidhā āsavo,

Searches, discriminations, defilements,

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Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;

states of existence, three kinds of suffering,

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Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,

barrenness, stains, and troubles,

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Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.

feelings, craving, and thirst.