So It Was Said 54

The Book of the Threes

Chapter One

Searches (1st)

iti54:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti54:2 “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:

iti54:3 “Stilled, aware, a mindful disciple of the Buddha understands searches, the cause of searches,

iti54:4 where they cease, and the path that leads to their ending. With the ending of searches, a mendicant is hungerless, quenched.”

iti54:5 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.