1.1“Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddhassa bodhisattasseva sato etadahosi:“Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought:¹1.2‘katamā nu kho vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā, katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā?‘What is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the origin of feeling? What’s the cessation of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the cessation of feeling?1.3Ko vedanāya assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇan’ti?And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?’

1.4Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:Then it occurred to me:1.5‘tisso imā vedanā—‘There are these three feelings:1.6sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā.pleasant, painful, and neutral.1.7Imā vuccanti vedanā.These are called feelings.1.8Phassasamudayā vedanāsamudayo.Feeling originates from contact.1.9Taṇhā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā …pe…Craving is the practice that leads to the origin of feeling …1.10yo vedanāya chandarāgavinayo chandarāgappahānaṁ. Idaṁ vedanāya nissaraṇan’”ti.Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.’”

1.11Catutthaṁ.