Esanāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 300

[300] Setting at Sāvatthī. Bhikkhus, there are these three searches (esanā). What three? The search for sensual pleasures (kāmesanā), the search for existence (bhavesanā), and the search for a holy life (brahmacariyesanā). These, bhikkhus, are the three searches.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

This passage also appears in 3 other places

Vol. 19 · Section 311 — Esanāsutta
Vol. 19 · Section 1095 — Saṁmappadhānasaṅyuta
Vol. 19 · Section 317 — Bhavasutta