iti.54 Itivuttaka

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, extinguished.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.