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In Search of Gratification (Exterior)

Dutiyaassādapariyesanasutta

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

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.16Linked Discourses 35.16
  • 0.22. Yamakavagga2. Pairs

0.3DutiyaassādapariyesanasuttaIn Search of Gratification (Exterior)

1.1PTS 4.10“Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.“Mendicants, I went in search of the gratification of sights,1.2Yo rūpānaṁ assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.and I found it. …”1.3Yāvatā rūpānaṁ assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.1.4Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.5Yo rūpānaṁ ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.1.6Yāvatā rūpānaṁ ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.1.7Rūpānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.8Yaṁ rūpānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.1.9Yāvatā rūpānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.1.10Saddānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …1.11gandhānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …1.12rasānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …1.13phoṭṭhabbānāhaṁ, bhikkhave …1.14dhammānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.15Yo dhammānaṁ assādo tadajjhagamaṁ.1.16Yāvatā dhammānaṁ assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.1.17Dhammānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.18Yo dhammānaṁ ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ.1.19Yāvatā dhammānaṁ ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho.1.20Dhammānāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ.1.21Yaṁ dhammānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ.1.22Yāvatā dhammānaṁ nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.

2.1Yāvakīvañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ channaṁ bāhirānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññāsiṁ …pe… paccaññāsiṁ.

2.2Ñāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi:2.3‘akuppā me vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’”ti.

2.4Catutthaṁ.