1“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. …”

To be expanded as in SN45.161-170.

1"Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā. Katamā tisso? Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā"ti vitthāretabbaṁ.

Esanāvaggo dvādasamo.

2Esanā vidhā āsavo,
Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;
Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,
Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.

3Bojjhaṅgasaṁyuttassa esanāpeyyālaṁ vivekanissitato vitthāretabbaṁ.