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Feelings (2nd)

Dutiyavedanāsutta

How the three types of feeling should be viewed.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Itivuttaka 53So It Was Said 53
  • 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes
  • 0.3PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.4DutiyavedanāsuttaFeelings (2nd)

1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.2.2Katamā tisso?What three?2.3Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā.Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.2.4Sukhā, bhikkhave, vedanā dukkhato daṭṭhabbā;Pleasant feeling should be seen as suffering.2.5dukkhā vedanā sallato daṭṭhabbā;Painful feeling should be seen as a dart.2.6adukkhamasukhā vedanā aniccato daṭṭhabbā.Neutral feeling should be seen as impermanent.2.7Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno sukhā vedanā dukkhato diṭṭhā hoti, dukkhā vedanā sallato diṭṭhā hoti, adukkhamasukhā vedanā aniccato diṭṭhā hoti;When a mendicant has seen these three feelings in this way,2.8ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘bhikkhu ariyo, sammaddaso, acchecchi taṇhaṁ, vivattayi saṁyojanaṁ, sammā mānābhisamayā antamakāsi dukkhassā’”ti.they’re called a noble mendicant who sees rightly, has cut off craving, cast off the fetters, and by rightly comprehending conceit has made an end of suffering.”

2.9Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.10Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Yo sukhaṁ dukkhato adda,“A mendicant who sees pleasure as pain,3.2Dukkhamaddakkhi sallato;and suffering as a dart,3.3Adukkhamasukhaṁ santaṁ,and that peaceful, neutral feeling3.4Adakkhi naṁ aniccato.as impermanent

4.1Sa ve sammaddaso bhikkhu,sees rightly.4.2yato tattha vimuccati;And when freed in regards to that,4.3Abhiññāvosito santo,that peaceful sage, with perfect insight,4.4sa ve yogātigo munī”ti.has truly slipped their yokes.”

5.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

5.2Catutthaṁ.