The Buddha, by cross-reference to SN 35.15's own first-person frame
Form
A peyyāla stub, giving only the opening line before eliding the rest to SN 35.15's own full treatment
Length
under a minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — understood only alongside SN 35.15
Why this discourse
This discourse completes this vagga's own second named pair, applying SN 35.15's own search-and-discovery formula to the six exterior sense objects, compressed to just the opening line: "I went in search of the gratification of sights, and I found it …"
Reading guide
The same search, redirected outward
"I went in search of the gratification of sights, and I found it …" — the identical opening as SN 35.15's own treatment of the eye, now applied to sights instead.
Everything past the opening line elided
The remaining five sense objects, the drawback and escape terms, and the closing awakening declaration are all compressed here, trusting the reader to reconstruct them from SN 35.15's own full treatment.
Completing this vagga's own second named pair
With this discourse, "In Search of Gratification" (SN 35.15–16) closes, the second of five interior-exterior pairs this vagga works through.
A genuine feature of transmission, not an omission
As with other short peyyāla stubs elsewhere in this project's coverage of the Saṃyutta Nikāya, this discourse's brevity is quoted here exactly as the source gives it rather than expanded into invented prose.
Key terms
pariyesana — search — the same title-word as SN 35.15, carried over by cross-reference
assāda — gratification — the sole term named explicitly in this discourse's own surviving line
rūpa — sights — the first exterior sense object named, standing in for all six
ādīnava — drawback — implied but not restated, carried over from SN 35.15
peyyāla — an elision mark — here compressing everything past the opening line
The text
The discourse as the source itself preserves it, compressed to its opening line. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, I went in search of the gratification of sights, and I found it. …”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
What does this discourse's opening line describe?
Correct: A. The identical opening as SN 35.15's own treatment of the eye, now applied to sights.
Question 2 of 5
How much of SN 35.15's own content survives in this discourse?
Correct: A. Trusting the reader to reconstruct the rest from SN 35.15's own full treatment.
Question 3 of 5
What does this discourse complete?
Correct: A. The second of five interior-exterior pairs this vagga works through.
Question 4 of 5
What does this reading guide do with this discourse's own brevity?
Correct: A. Consistent with this project's practice on other short peyyāla stubs.
Question 5 of 5
Where is this discourse set?
Correct: A. Consistent with this saṃyutta's other discourses, though given here only by cross-reference.
