SN 35-44 The Group of Connected Discourses Beginning With the Six Sense Fields – Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta > SN 36 Connected Discourses on Feelings – Vedanāsaṁyutta > SN 36.24 Before

Linked Discourses 36.24 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.24

3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight – 3. Aṭṭhasatapariyāyavagga

SN 36.24 Before – Pubbasutta

“Bhikkhū, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought:

“Pubbeva me, bhikkhave, sambodhā anabhisambuddhassa bodhisattasseva sato etadahosi:

‘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?

‘katamā nu kho vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā, katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā?

And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?’

Ko vedanāya assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇan’ti?

Then it occurred to me:

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:

‘There are these three feelings:

‘tisso imā vedanā—

pleasant, painful, and neutral.

sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā.

These are called feeling.

Imā vuccanti vedanā.

Feeling originates from contact.

Phassasamudayā vedanāsamudayo.

Craving is the practice that leads to the origin of feeling …

Taṇhā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā …pe…

Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.’”

yo vedanāya chandarāgavinayo chandarāgappahānaṁ. Idaṁ vedanāya nissaraṇan’”ti.