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Searches

Pariyesanāsutta

Noble and ignoble searches.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.255Numbered Discourses 4.255
  • 0.226. Abhiññāvagga26. Insight

0.3PariyesanāsuttaSearches

1.1“Catasso imā, bhikkhave, anariyapariyesanā.“Mendicants, there are these four ignoble searches.1.2Katamā catasso?What four?1.3Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhammaṁyeva pariyesati;Someone liable to old age searches only for what grows old.1.4attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhammaṁyeva pariyesati;Someone liable to sickness searches only for what gets sick.1.5attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhammaṁyeva pariyesati;Someone liable to death searches only for what dies.1.6attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhammaṁyeva pariyesati.Someone liable to become corrupted searches only for what is defiled.1.7Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso anariyapariyesanā.These are the four ignoble searches.

2.1PTS 2.248Catasso imā, bhikkhave, ariyapariyesanā.There are these four noble searches.2.2Katamā catasso?What four?2.3Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā jarādhammo samāno jarādhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā ajaraṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati;Someone who is liable to grow old, knowing the drawback in what grows old, searches for that which is free of old age, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment.2.4attanā byādhidhammo samāno byādhidhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā abyādhiṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati;Someone who is liable to get sick, knowing the drawback in what gets sick, searches for that which is free of sickness, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment.2.5attanā maraṇadhammo samāno maraṇadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā amataṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati;Someone who is liable to die, knowing the drawback in what dies, searches for that which is free of death, the supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment.2.6attanā saṅkilesadhammo samāno saṅkilesadhamme ādīnavaṁ viditvā asaṅkiliṭṭhaṁ anuttaraṁ yogakkhemaṁ nibbānaṁ pariyesati.Someone liable to become corrupted, knowing the drawback in what is defiled, searches for the undefiled supreme sanctuary from the yoke, extinguishment.2.7Imā kho, bhikkhave, catasso ariyapariyesanā”ti.These are the four noble searches.”

2.8Dutiyaṁ.