3.
The First Discourse on the Quest for Gratification
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"I, monks, pursued the quest for gratification in the eye.
Whatever gratification there is in the eye I attained.
As far as there is gratification in the eye, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for danger in the eye.
Whatever danger there is in the eye I attained.
As far as there is danger in the eye, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for escape from the eye.
Whatever escape there is from the eye I attained.
As far as there is escape from the eye, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, regarding the ear...
I, monks, regarding the nose...
I, monks, pursued the quest for gratification in the tongue.
Whatever gratification there is in the tongue I attained.
As far as there is gratification in the tongue, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for danger in the tongue.
Whatever danger there is in the tongue I attained.
As far as there is danger in the tongue, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for escape from the tongue.
Whatever escape there is from the tongue I attained.
As far as there is escape from the tongue, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for gratification in the mind.
Whatever gratification there is in the mind I attained.
As far as there is gratification in the mind, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for danger in the mind.
Whatever danger there is in the mind I attained.
As far as there is danger in the mind, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
I, monks, pursued the quest for escape from the mind.
Whatever escape there is from the mind I attained.
As far as there is escape from the mind, that has been well seen by me through wisdom.
"As long as I, monks, did not directly know as it really is the gratification of these six internal sense bases as gratification, the danger as danger, and the escape as escape, etc. I acknowledged. And knowledge and vision arose in me - 'Unshakable is my liberation, this is the last birth, there is now no more rebirth.' The third.