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- Anguttara Nikaya IV.252
- Pariyesana Sutta
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"Monks, these four are ignoble searches. Which four? There is the case where a
person, being subject himself to aging, seeks [happiness in] what is subject to aging.
Being subject himself to illness, he seeks [happiness in] what is subject to illness.
Being subject himself to death, he seeks [happiness in] what is subject to death. Being
subject himself to defilement, he seeks [happiness in] what is subject to defilement.
These are four ignoble searches.
"Now, these four are noble searches. Which four? There is the case where a person,
being subject himself to aging, realizing the drawbacks of what is subject to aging, seeks
the unaging, unsurpassed rest from the yoke: Unbinding. Being subject himself to illness,
realizing the drawbacks of what is subject to illness, he seeks the unailing, unsurpassed
rest from the yoke: Unbinding. Being subject himself to death, realizing the drawbacks of
what is subject to death, he seeks the undying, unsurpassed rest from the yoke: Unbinding.
Being subject himself to defilement, realizing the drawbacks of what is subject to
defilement, he seeks the undefiled, unsurpassed rest from the yoke: Unbinding.
"These are four noble searches."