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Itivuttaka 55

Dutiyaesanāsutta

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:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

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:

“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. These are the three searches.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

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.

“The search for sensual pleasures, for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path; the holding tight to the thought, ‘this is the truth’, and the mass of grounds for views—

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.

for one detached from all lusts, freed by the ending of craving, that searching has been relinquished, and those grounds for views eradicated. With the ending of searches, a mendicant is free of hope and indecision.”

this tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heardsutanti.
sixthChaṭṭhaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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