So It Was Said 54

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1. So It Was Said 54
2. The Book of the Threes
3. Chapter One
4. Searches (1st)
5. This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
6. “Mendicants, there are these three searches.
7. What three?
8. The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path.
9. These are the three searches.
10. The Buddha spoke this matter.
11. On this it is said:
12. “Stilled, aware,
13. a mindful disciple of the Buddha
14. understands searches,
15. the cause of searches,
16. where they cease,
17. and the path that leads to their ending.
18. With the ending of searches, a mendicant
19. is hungerless, quenched.”
20. This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.