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Feeling

Samphassajasutta

One with faith in the teachings on the six kinds of feeling is called a “follower by faith”, while someone with conceptual understanding is called a “follower of the teachings”. But someone who sees them directly is called a stream-enterer.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 25.5Linked Discourses 25.5
  • 0.21. Cakkhuvagga1. The Eye

0.3SamphassajasuttaFeeling

1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Cakkhusamphassajā, bhikkhave, vedanā aniccā vipariṇāmī aññathābhāvī;“Mendicants, feeling born of eye contact is impermanent, decaying, and perishing.1.3sotasamphassajā vedanā …pe…Feeling born of ear contact,1.4ghānasamphassajā vedanā …pe…feeling born of nose contact,1.5jivhāsamphassajā vedanā …pe…feeling born of tongue contact,1.6kāyasamphassajā vedanā …pe…feeling born of body contact,1.7manosamphassajā vedanā aniccā vipariṇāmī aññathābhāvī.and feeling born of mind contact are impermanent, decaying, and perishing.

1.8Yo, bhikkhave, ime dhamme evaṁ saddahati adhimuccati, ayaṁ vuccati ‘saddhānusārī …pe…Someone who has faith and confidence in these teachings is called a follower by faith. …”1.9sambodhiparāyano’”ti.

1.10Pañcamaṁ.