{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.15/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.15","id":"suttacentral_sn35.15","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.15/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, I went in search of the eye\u2019s gratification, and I found it. I\u2019ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye\u2019s gratification. I went in search of the eye\u2019s drawback, and I found it. I\u2019ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the eye\u2019s drawback. I went in search of escape from the eye, and I found it. I\u2019ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the eye. I went in search of the ear\u2019s \u2026 nose\u2019s \u2026 tongue\u2019s \u2026 body\u2019s \u2026 mind\u2019s gratification, and I found it. I\u2019ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind\u2019s gratification. I went in search of the mind\u2019s drawback, and I found it. I\u2019ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the mind\u2019s drawback. I went in search of escape from the mind, and I found it. I\u2019ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the mind. As long as I didn\u2019t truly understand these six interior sense fields\u2019 gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, I didn\u2019t announce my supreme perfect awakening \u2026 But when I did truly understand \u2026 Knowledge and vision arose in me: \u2018My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there\u2019ll be no more future lives.\u2019\u201d","title":"In Search of Gratification (Interior)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":214}