Academic Sutta NameNotes PSA PlaeVaggaNikayaPTSKeywords
AN.IV.252 Pariyesanaa Sutta The following four sorts of quest are ignoble [anariyo]:
1. those suffering from old age who continue to search after things suffering from old age;
2. those suffering from illness who continue to search after things suffering from illness;
3. those suffering from death who continue to search after things suffering from death, and;
4. those suffering from defilements who continue to search after things suffering from defilements;
The following four sorts of quest are noble [ariyo]:
1. those suffering from old age who realize the danger of old age and to search instead after things that transcend the suffering of old age;
2. those suffering from illness who realize the danger of illness and to search instead after things that transcend the suffering of illness;
3. those suffering from death who realize the danger of death and to search instead after things that transcend the suffering of death, and;
4. those suffering from defilements who realize the danger of defilements and to search instead after things that transcend the suffering of defilements.
35/618 Catukanipaata Unallocated Pa.n.naasaka A"nguttara A.ii.


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