SN 35.15

Paṭhamaassādapariyesanasutta

“Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yo cakkhussa assādo tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā cakkhussa assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yo cakkhussa ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā cakkhussa ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. Cakkhussāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yaṁ cakkhussa nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā cakkhussa nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ. Sotassāhaṁ, bhikkhave … ghānassāhaṁ, bhikkhave … jivhāyāhaṁ bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yo jivhāya assādo tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā jivhāya assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. Jivhāyāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yo jivhāya ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā jivhāya ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. Jivhāyāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yaṁ jivhāya nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā jivhāya nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ …pe… manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, assādapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yo manassa assādo tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā manassa assādo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. Manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ādīnavapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yo manassa ādīnavo tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā manassa ādīnavo paññāya me so sudiṭṭho. Manassāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nissaraṇapariyesanaṁ acariṁ. Yaṁ manassa nissaraṇaṁ tadajjhagamaṁ. Yāvatā manassa nissaraṇaṁ, paññāya me taṁ sudiṭṭhaṁ.

In Search of Gratification (Interior)

“Mendicants, I went in search of the eye’s gratification, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s gratification. I went in search of the eye’s drawback, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s drawback. I went in search of escape from the eye, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the eye. I went in search of the ear’s … nose’s … tongue’s … body’s … mind’s gratification, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s gratification. I went in search of the mind’s drawback, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s drawback. I went in search of escape from the mind, and I found it. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the mind.

Yāvakīvañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imesaṁ channaṁ ajjhattikānaṁ āyatanānaṁ assādañca assādato, ādīnavañca ādīnavato, nissaraṇañca nissaraṇato yathābhūtaṁ nābbhaññāsiṁ …pe… paccaññāsiṁ. Ñāṇañca pana me dassanaṁ udapādi: ‘akuppā me vimutti, ayamantimā jāti, natthi dāni punabbhavo’”ti.

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 … But when I did truly understand … Knowledge and vision arose in me: ‘My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’”