Searches (2nd) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Buddhabhagavatā it was said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
three“Tisso
theseimā,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
searchesesanā.
whatKatamā
threetisso?
search for sensual pleasuresKāmesanā,
search for continued existencebhavesanā,
search for a spiritual pathbrahmacariyesanā—
theseimā
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
threetisso
searchesesanā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ
it isiti
saidvuccati:
search for sensual pleasures“Kāmesanā
search for continued existencebhavesanā,
search for a spiritual pathbrahmacariyesanā
withsaha;
thusIti
holding tight to the truthsaccaparāmāso,
grounds for viewsdiṭṭhiṭṭhānā
masssamussayā.
for one detached from all lustsSabbarāgavirattassa,
freed by the ending of cravingtaṇhakkhayavimuttino;
searchingEsanā
has been relinquishedpaṭinissaṭṭhā,
grounds for viewsdiṭṭhiṭṭhānā
eradicatedsamūhatā;
of searchesEsanānaṁ
with the endingkhayā
mendicantbhikkhu,
free of hopenirāso
free of indecisionakathaṅkathī”ti.
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heardsutanti.
sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.
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