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SN 35.15PTS SN 4.81 min read

In Search of Gratification (Interior)

Paṭhamaassādapariyesanasutta

The Buddha set out to find the gratification, drawback, and escape regarding the six interior sense fields.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.15Linked Discourses 35.15
  • 0.22. Yamakavagga2. Pairs

0.3PaṭhamaassādapariyesanasuttaIn Search of Gratification (Interior)

1.1PTS 4.9“Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.“Mendicants, I went in search of the eye’s gratification,1.2Yo cakkhussa assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it.1.3Yāvatā cakkhussa assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s gratification.1.4Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.I went in search of the eye’s drawback,1.5Yo cakkhussa ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it.1.6Yāvatā cakkhussa ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s drawback.1.7Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.I went in search of escape from the eye,1.8Yaṁ cakkhussa nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it.1.9Yāvatā cakkhussa nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the eye.

1.10Sotassāhaṁ, bhikkhave …I went in search of the ear’s …1.11ghānassāhaṁ, bhikkhave …nose’s …1.12jivhāyāhaṁ bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.tongue’s …1.13Yo jivhāya assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.1.14Yāvatā jivhāya assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.1.15Jivhāyāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.16Yo jivhāya ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.1.17Yāvatā jivhāya ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.1.18Jivhāyāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.19Yaṁ jivhāya nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.1.20Yāvatā jivhāya nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ …pe…body’s …11.21manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.mind’s gratification,1.22Yo manassa assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it.1.23Yāvatā manassa assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s gratification.1.24Manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.I went in search of the mind’s drawback,1.25Yo manassa ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it.1.26Yāvatā manassa ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s drawback.1.27Manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.I went in search of escape from the mind,1.28Yaṁ manassa nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it.1.29Yāvatā manassa nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the mind.

2.1Yāvakīvañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ channaṁ ajjhattikānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññāsiṁ …pe…As long as I didn’t truly understand these six interior sense fields’ gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, I didn’t announce my supreme perfect awakening …

2.2paccaññāsiṁ.But when I did truly understand …

2.3Ñāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi:Knowledge and vision arose in me:2.4‘akuppā me vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’”ti.‘My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’”

2.5Tatiyaṁ.

Translator’s notes

  1. Kāya is omitted in the Pali.

    ↩ sn35.15:1.20