SN 46.111–120 · Searches, Etc.
SN 46.111–120 · Esanādisutta
“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. …”
“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā. Katamā tisso? Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”ti vitthāretabbaṁ.
Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Esanā vidhā āsavo,Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)
(Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.)