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SN 14.4PTS SN 2.1411 min read

Diversity of Feelings

Vedanānānattasutta

Diverse contacts give rise to diverse feelings.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 14.4Linked Discourses 14.4
  • 0.21. Nānattavagga1. Diversity

0.3VedanānānattasuttaDiversity of Feelings

1.1PTS 2.142Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Dhātunānattaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭicca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, phassanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati vedanānānattaṁ.“Mendicants, diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings.1.3Katamañca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ?And what is the diversity of elements?1.4Cakkhudhātu …pe… manodhātu—The eye element, ear element, nose element, tongue element, body element, and mind element.1.5idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ.This is called the diversity of elements.

2.1Kathañca, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, phassanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati vedanānānattaṁ?And how does diversity of elements give rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings?2.2Cakkhudhātuṁ, bhikkhave, paṭicca uppajjati cakkhusamphasso, cakkhusamphassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati cakkhusamphassajā vedanā …pe…The eye element gives rise to eye contact. Eye contact gives rise to the feeling born of eye contact. …2.3manodhātuṁ paṭicca uppajjati manosamphasso, manosamphassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati manosamphassajā vedanā.The mind element gives rise to mind contact. Mind contact gives rise to the feeling born of mind contact.2.4Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dhātunānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati phassanānattaṁ, phassanānattaṁ paṭicca uppajjati vedanānānattan”ti.That’s how diversity of elements gives rise to diversity of contacts, and diversity of contacts gives rise to diversity of feelings.”

2.5Catutthaṁ.