• Linked Discourses 36.18 Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.18
  • 2. In Private 2. Rahogatavagga

With Several Mendicants (2nd) Dutiyasambahulasutta

Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha … Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhÅ« yena bhagavā tenupasaį¹…kamiṁsu …pe… The Buddha said to them: ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhÅ« bhagavā etadavoca:

ā€œMendicants, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s the cessation of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the cessation of feeling? ā€œkatamā nu kho, bhikkhave, vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminÄ« paį¹­ipadā? And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?ā€ Ko vedanāya assādo, ko ādÄ«navo, kiṁ nissaraṇanā€ti?

ā€œOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. ā€¦ā€ ā€œBhagavaṁmÅ«lakā no, bhante, dhammā …peā€¦ā€

ā€œMendicants, there are these three feelings: ā€œtisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā—pleasant, painful, and neutral. sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—These are called feeling. ā€¦ā€ imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, vedanā …pe… phassasamudayā …pe….

(Tell in full as in the previous discourse.) (Yathā purimasuttante, tathā vitthāretabbo.)

Aṭṭhamaṁ.