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SN 36.18PTS SN 4.2221 min read

With Several Mendicants (2nd)

Dutiyasambahulasutta

The Buddha asks about the feelings to several mendicants in terms of arising, ending, gratification, drawback, and escape.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.18Linked Discourses 36.18
  • 0.22. Rahogatavagga2. In Private

0.3DutiyasambahulasuttaWith Several Mendicants (2nd)

1.1PTS 4.223Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu …pe…Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha …1.2ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavā etadavoca:The Buddha said to them:

1.3“katamā nu kho, bhikkhave, vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā?“Mendicants, 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?1.4Ko vedanāya assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇan”ti?And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?”

1.5“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…”“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”

1.6“tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā—“Mendicants, there are these three feelings:1.7sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—pleasant, painful, and neutral.1.8imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, vedanā …pe… phassasamudayā …pe….These are called feelings. …”

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

1.10Aṭṭhamaṁ.