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SN 45.29PTS SN 5.211 min read

Feeling

Vedanāsutta

The eightfold path is developed to understand the three feelings.

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

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 45.29Linked Discourses 45.29
  • 0.23. Micchattavagga3. The Wrong Way

0.3VedanāsuttaFeeling

1.1PTS 5.22Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.1.3Katamā tisso?What three?1.4Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.1.5imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā.These are the three feelings.

1.6Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo.The noble eightfold path should be developed to completely understand these three feelings.1.7Katamo ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo?What is the noble eightfold path?1.8Seyyathidaṁ—sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.It is right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.

1.9Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāya ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo bhāvetabbo”ti.This noble eightfold path should be developed to completely understand these three feelings.”

1.10Navamaṁ.