0.3PañcakaṅgasuttaWith Pañcakaṅga
1.1Atha kho pañcakaṅgo thapati yenāyasmā udāyī tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ etadavoca:Then the chamberlain Pañcakaṅga went up to Venerable Udāyī, bowed, sat down to one side, and asked him,11.2“kati nu kho, bhante udāyi, vedanā vuttā bhagavatā”ti?“Sir, how many feelings has the Buddha spoken of?”
1.3“Tisso kho, thapati, vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.“Chamberlain, the Buddha has spoken of three feelings:1.4Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—pleasant, painful, and neutral.1.5imā kho, thapati, tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā”ti.The Buddha has spoken of these three feelings.”
1.6Evaṁ vutte, pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ etadavoca:When he said this, Pañcakaṅga said to Udāyī,1.7“na kho, bhante udāyi, tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.“Sir, Udāyī, the Buddha hasn’t spoken of three feelings.1.8Dve vedanā vuttā bhagavatā—He’s spoken of two feelings:1.9sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā.pleasant and painful.1.10Yāyaṁ, bhante, adukkhamasukhā vedanā, santasmiṁ esā paṇīte sukhe vuttā bhagavatā”ti.The Buddha said that neutral feeling is included as a peaceful and subtle kind of pleasure.”
2.1PTS 4.224Dutiyampi kho āyasmā udāyī pañcakaṅgaṁ thapatiṁ etadavoca:For a second time, Udāyī said to him,2.2“na kho, thapati, dve vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.“The Buddha hasn’t spoken of two feelings,2.3Tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.he’s spoken of three.”2.4Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—2.5imā tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā”ti.
2.6Dutiyampi kho pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ etadavoca:For a second time, Pañcakaṅga said to Udāyī,2.7“na kho, bhante udāyi, tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.“The Buddha hasn’t spoken of three feelings,2.8Dve vedanā vuttā bhagavatā—he’s spoken of two.”2.9sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā.2.10Yāyaṁ, bhante, adukkhamasukhā vedanā, santasmiṁ esā paṇīte sukhe vuttā bhagavatā”ti.
3.1Tatiyampi kho āyasmā udāyī pañcakaṅgaṁ thapatiṁ etadavoca:And for a third time, Udāyī said to him,3.2“na kho, thapati, dve vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.“The Buddha hasn’t spoken of two feelings,3.3Tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.he’s spoken of three.”3.4Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—3.5imā tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā”ti.
3.6Tatiyampi kho pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ etadavoca:And for a third time, Pañcakaṅga said to Udāyī,3.7“na kho, bhante udāyi, tisso vedanā vuttā bhagavatā.“The Buddha hasn’t spoken of three feelings,3.8Dve vedanā vuttā bhagavatā—he’s spoken of two.”3.9sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā.3.10Yāyaṁ, bhante, adukkhamasukhā vedanā, santasmiṁ esā paṇīte sukhe vuttā bhagavatā”ti.
3.11Neva sakkhi āyasmā udāyī pañcakaṅgaṁ thapatiṁ saññāpetuṁ, na panāsakkhi pañcakaṅgo thapati āyasmantaṁ udāyiṁ saññāpetuṁ.But neither was able to persuade the other.
3.12Assosi kho āyasmā ānando āyasmato udāyissa pañcakaṅgena thapatinā saddhiṁ imaṁ kathāsallāpaṁ.Venerable Ānanda heard this discussion between Udāyī and Pañcakaṅga.4.1Atha kho āyasmā ānando yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.He went to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side,24.2Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando yāvatako āyasmato udāyissa pañcakaṅgena thapatinā saddhiṁ ahosi kathāsallāpo taṁ sabbaṁ bhagavato ārocesi.and informed the Buddha of all they had discussed.
5.1PTS 4.225“Santameva, ānanda, pariyāyaṁ pañcakaṅgo thapati udāyissa bhikkhuno nābbhanumodi;“Ānanda, the explanation by the mendicant Udāyī, which the chamberlain Pañcakaṅga didn’t agree with, was quite correct.5.2santañca panānanda, pariyāyaṁ udāyī bhikkhu pañcakaṅgassa thapatino nābbhanumodi.But the explanation by Pañcakaṅga, which Udāyī didn’t agree with, was also quite correct.
5.3Dvepi mayā, ānanda, vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.In one explanation I’ve spoken of two feelings. In another explanation I’ve spoken of three feelings, or five, six, eighteen, thirty-six, or a hundred and eight feelings.35.4Tissopi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.5.5Pañcapi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.5.6Chapi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.5.7Aṭṭhārasāpi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.5.8Chattiṁsāpi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.5.9Aṭṭhasatampi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.
5.10Evaṁ pariyāyadesito kho, ānanda, mayā dhammo.I’ve explained the teaching in all these different ways.5.11Evaṁ pariyāyadesite kho, ānanda, mayā dhamme ye aññamaññassa subhāsitaṁ sulapitaṁ, na samanumaññissanti, na samanujānissanti, na samanumodissanti, tesaṁ etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—bhaṇḍanajātā kalahajātā vivādāpannā aññamaññaṁ mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharissantīti.This being so, you can expect that those who don’t concede, approve, or agree with what has been well spoken will fight, quarrel, and dispute, continually wounding each other with barbed words.
5.12Evaṁ pariyāyadesito kho, ānanda, mayā dhammo.I’ve explained the teaching in all these different ways.5.13Evaṁ pariyāyadesite kho, ānanda, mayā dhamme ye aññamaññassa subhāsitaṁ sulapitaṁ samanumaññissanti samanujānissanti samanumodissanti, tesaṁ etaṁ pāṭikaṅkhaṁ—samaggā sammodamānā avivadamānā khīrodakībhūtā aññamaññaṁ piyacakkhūhi sampassantā viharissantīti.This being so, you can expect that those who do concede, approve, or agree with what has been well spoken will live in harmony, appreciating each other, without dispute, blending like milk and water, and regarding each other with kindly eyes.
6.1Pañcime, ānanda, kāmaguṇā.There are these five kinds of sensual stimulation.6.2Katame pañca?What five?6.3Cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā …pe…Sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing. …6.4kāyaviññeyyā phoṭṭhabbā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.Touches known by the body, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.6.5Ime kho, ānanda, pañca kāmaguṇā.These are the five kinds of sensual stimulation.6.6Yaṁ kho, ānanda, ime pañca kāmaguṇe paṭicca uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ—The pleasure and happiness that arise from these five kinds of sensual stimulation is called sensual pleasure.6.7idaṁ vuccati kāmasukhaṁ.6.8Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say6.9‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.46.10idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.6.11Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?6.12Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.5
7.1PTS 4.226Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?7.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant, quite secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unskillful qualities, enters and remains in the first absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of seclusion, while placing the mind and keeping it connected.7.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.7.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say7.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.7.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.7.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?7.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
8.1Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?8.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu, vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when, as the placing of the mind and keeping it connected are stilled, a mendicant enters and remains in the second absorption, which has the rapture and bliss born of immersion, with internal clarity and mind at one, without placing the mind and keeping it connected.8.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.8.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say8.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.8.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.8.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?8.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
9.1Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?9.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati sato ca sampajāno, sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeti, yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti: ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when, with the fading away of rapture, a mendicant enters and remains in the third absorption, where they meditate with equanimity, mindful and aware, experiencing for themselves the bliss of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous and mindful, one meditates in bliss.’9.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.9.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say9.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.9.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.9.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?9.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
10.1PTS 4.227Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?10.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when, with the giving up of pleasure and pain and the disappearance of former happiness and sadness, a mendicant enters and remains in the fourth absorption, without pleasure or pain, with pure equanimity and mindfulness.610.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.10.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say10.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.10.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.10.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?10.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
11.1Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?11.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā, paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā, nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā, ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond perceptions of form, with the ending of perceptions of impingement, not focusing on perceptions of diversity, aware that ‘space is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite space.11.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.11.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say11.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.11.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.11.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?11.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
12.1Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?12.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma, ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite space, aware that ‘consciousness is infinite’, enters and remains in the dimension of infinite consciousness.12.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.12.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say12.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.12.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.12.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?12.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
13.1Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?13.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma, ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of infinite consciousness, aware that ‘there is nothing at all’, enters and remains in the dimension of nothingness.13.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.13.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say13.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.13.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.13.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?13.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
14.1PTS 4.228Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?14.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of nothingness, enters and remains in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception.14.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.14.4Ye kho, ānanda, evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:There are those who might say14.5‘etapparamaṁ santaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedentī’ti—that this is the highest pleasure and happiness that sentient beings experience.14.6idaṁ nesāhaṁ nānujānāmi.But I don’t grant them that.14.7Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that?14.8Atthānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.Because there is another pleasure that is finer than that.
15.1Katamañcānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca?And what is that pleasure?15.2Idhānanda, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati.It’s when a mendicant, going totally beyond the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, enters and remains in the cessation of perception and feeling.15.3Idaṁ kho, ānanda, etamhā sukhā aññaṁ sukhaṁ abhikkantatarañca paṇītatarañca.This is a pleasure that is finer than that.7
16.1Ṭhānaṁ kho panetaṁ, ānanda, vijjati yaṁ aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evaṁ vadeyyuṁ:It’s possible that wanderers of other religions might say:16.2‘saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samaṇo gotamo āha, tañca sukhasmiṁ paññapeti.‘The ascetic Gotama spoke of the cessation of perception and feeling, and he includes it in happiness.16.3Tayidaṁ kiṁsu, tayidaṁ kathaṁsū’ti?What’s up with that?’
16.4Evaṁvādino, ānanda, aññatitthiyā paribbājakā evamassu vacanīyā:When wanderers of other religions say this, you should say to them:16.5‘na kho, āvuso, bhagavā sukhaññeva vedanaṁ sandhāya sukhasmiṁ paññapeti.‘Reverends, when the Buddha describes what’s included in happiness, he’s not just referring to pleasant feeling.16.6Yattha yattha, āvuso, sukhaṁ upalabbhati, yahiṁ yahiṁ, taṁ taṁ tathāgato sukhasmiṁ paññapetī’”ti.The Realized One describes pleasure as included in happiness wherever it is found, and in whatever context.’”
16.7Navamaṁ.