Connected Discourses 35.15

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1. Linked Discourses 35.15
2. 2. Pairs
3. In Search of Gratification (Interior)
4. “Mendicants, I went in search of the eye’s gratification,
5. and I found it.
6. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s gratification.
7. I went in search of the eye’s drawback,
8. and I found it.
9. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye’s drawback.
10. I went in search of escape from the eye,
11. and I found it.
12. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the eye.
13. I went in search of the ear’s …
14. nose’s …
15. tongue’s …
16. body’s …
17. mind’s gratification,
18. and I found it.
19. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s gratification.
20. I went in search of the mind’s drawback,
21. and I found it.
22. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind’s drawback.
23. I went in search of escape from the mind,
24. and I found it.
25. I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the mind.
26. 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 …
27. But when I did truly understand …
28. Knowledge and vision arose in me:
29. ‘My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’”