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Saį¹yutta NikÄya 36.18 Linked Discourses 36.18
2. Rahogatavagga 2. In Private
Dutiyasambahulasutta With Several Mendicants (2nd)
Atha kho sambahulÄ bhikkhÅ« yena bhagavÄ tenupasaį¹
kamiį¹su ā¦peā¦ Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha ā¦
ekamantaį¹ nisinnÄ kho te bhikkhÅ« bhagavÄ etadavoca: The Buddha said to them:
ākatamÄ nu kho, bhikkhave, vedanÄ, katamo vedanÄsamudayo, katamo vedanÄnirodho, katamÄ vedanÄnirodhagÄminÄ« paį¹ipadÄ? āMendicants, what is feeling? Whatās the origin of feeling? Whatās the cessation of feeling? Whatās the practice that leads to the cessation of feeling?
Ko vedanÄya assÄdo, ko ÄdÄ«navo, kiį¹ nissaraį¹anāti? And what is feelingās gratification, drawback, and escape?ā
āBhagavaį¹mÅ«lakÄ no, bhante, dhammÄ ā¦peā¦ā āOur teachings are rooted in the Buddha. ā¦ā
ātisso imÄ, bhikkhave, vedanÄāāMendicants, there are these three feelings:
sukhÄ vedanÄ, dukkhÄ vedanÄ, adukkhamasukhÄ vedanÄāpleasant, painful, and neutral.
imÄ vuccanti, bhikkhave, vedanÄ ā¦peā¦ phassasamudayÄ ā¦peā¦. These are called feeling. ā¦ā
(YathÄ purimasuttante, tathÄ vitthÄretabbo.) (Tell in full as in the previous discourse.)
Aį¹į¹hamaį¹.