SN 47.85–94 · Searches, Etc.
SN 47.85–94 · 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
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)
vitthāretabbaṁ.
Esanāvaggo navamo.
Tassuddānaṁ
Searches, discriminations, defilements,states of existence, three kinds of suffering,barrenness, stains, and troubles,feelings, craving, and thirst.
Esanā vidhā āsavo,Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.