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Feelings

Vedanāsutta

The four kinds of mindfulness meditation help to understand the three feelings.

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

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1.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?1.3Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.1.4imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā.These are the three feelings.1.5Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāya cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā.The four kinds of mindfulness meditation should be developed to completely understand these three feelings.

2.1Katame cattāro?What four?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu kāye kāyānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ;It’s when a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of the body—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.2.3vedanāsu …pe…They meditate observing an aspect of feelings …2.4citte …pe…mind …2.5dhammesu dhammānupassī viharati ātāpī sampajāno satimā, vineyya loke abhijjhādomanassaṁ.principles—keen, aware, and mindful, rid of covetousness and displeasure for the world.

2.6Imāsaṁ kho, bhikkhave, tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāya ime cattāro satipaṭṭhānā bhāvetabbā”ti.These four kinds of mindfulness meditation should be developed to completely understand these three feelings.”

2.7Navamaṁ.