The Tipiṭaka in Three Languages

Esanāsutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 310

[310] Bhikkhus, it is for the utter destruction (parikkhaya) of these three searches (esanā) … that this Noble Eightfold Path is to be developed. (As with direct knowledge (abhiññā), so too it should be elaborated with full understanding (pariññā), and elaborated with utter destruction.) …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.

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