1.1Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Icchāmahaṁ, bhikkhave, temāsaṁ paṭisallīyituṁ.“Mendicants, I wish to go on retreat for three months.1.3Namhi kenaci upasaṅkamitabbo, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakenā”ti.No-one should approach me, except the one who brings my almsfood.”

1.4“Evaṁ, bhante”ti kho te bhikkhū bhagavato paṭissutvā nāssudha koci bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamati, aññatra ekena piṇḍapātanīhārakena.“Yes, sir,” replied those mendicants. And no-one approached him, except the one who brought the almsfood.

2.1PTS 5.14Atha kho bhagavā tassa temāsassa accayena paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito bhikkhū āmantesi:Then after three months had passed, the Buddha came out of retreat and addressed the mendicants:

2.2“yena svāhaṁ, bhikkhave, vihārena paṭhamābhisambuddho viharāmi, tassa padesena vihāsiṁ.“Mendicants, I’ve been practicing part of the meditation I practiced when I was first awakened.

2.3So evaṁ pajānāmi:I understand that2.4‘micchādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;there’s feeling conditioned by wrong view2.5micchādiṭṭhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;and by the settling of wrong view,2.6sammādiṭṭhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;by right view2.7sammādiṭṭhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ …pe…and by the settling of right view. …2.8micchāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;There’s feeling conditioned by wrong immersion2.9micchāsamādhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ, sammāsamādhipaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;and by the settling of wrong immersion, by right immersion2.10sammāsamādhivūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;and by the settling of right immersion.

2.11chandapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;There’s feeling conditioned by desire2.12chandavūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;and by the settling of desire.2.13vitakkapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;There’s feeling conditioned by thought,2.14vitakkavūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;and by the settling of thought.2.15saññāpaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;There’s feeling conditioned by perception,2.16saññāvūpasamapaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;and by the settling of perception.2.17chando ca avūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca avūpasanto hoti, saññā ca avūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;As long as desire, thought, and perception are not stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that.2.18chando ca vūpasanto hoti, vitakko ca vūpasanto hoti, saññā ca vūpasantā hoti, tappaccayāpi vedayitaṁ;When desire, thought, and perception are stilled, there is feeling conditioned by that.

2.19appattassa pattiyā atthi āyāmaṁ, tasmimpi ṭhāne anuppatte tappaccayāpi vedayitan’”ti.There is effort to attain the unattained. When that state has been attained, there is also feeling conditioned by that.”

2.20Dutiyaṁ.