Iti 54 - Searches (1st)
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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So It Was Said 54
The Book of the Threes
Chapter One
Searches (1st)
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“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:
“Stilled, aware,
a mindful disciple of the Buddha
understands searches,
the cause of searches,
where they cease,
and the path that leads to their ending.
With the ending of searches, a mendicant
is hungerless, quenched.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.