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Linked Discourses · SN 36.26

  • Linked Discourses 36.26Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.26
  • 3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight3. Aṭṭhasatapariyāyavagga

With Several MendicantsSambahulabhikkhusutta

Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā …pe… ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:

“Sir, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the origin of feeling?“katamā nu kho, bhante, vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā? What’s the cessation of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the cessation of feeling?Katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā? And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?”Ko vedanāya assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇan”ti?

“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā— pleasant, painful, and neutral.sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā. These are called feelings.Imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, vedanā.

Feeling originates from contact.Phassasamudayā vedanāsamudayo. Craving is the practice that leads to the origin of feeling.Taṇhā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā.

When contact ceases, feeling ceases. …Phassanirodhā …pe…

Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.”yo vedanāya chandarāgavinayo chandarāgappahānaṁ. Idaṁ vedanāya nissaraṇan”ti.

Similar passages elsewhere

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  1. SN 36.23 With a Mendicant 0.93near 0.1Linked Discourses 36.23 3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight With a Mendicant Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeli…
  2. SN 36.24 Before 0.87near 0.1Linked Discourses 36.24 3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight Before “Mendicants, before my awakening—when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening—I thought: ‘What is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? W…
  3. SN 36.17 With Several Mendicants (1st) 0.81near 0.1Linked Discourses 36.17 2. In Private With Several Mendicants (1st) Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s…
  4. SN 36.18 With Several Mendicants (2nd) 0.75near 0.1Linked Discourses 36.18 2. In Private With Several Mendicants (2nd) Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha … The Buddha said to them: “Mendicants, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s the cessatio…
  5. SN 36.15 With Ānanda (1st) 0.65near 0.1Linked Discourses 36.15 2. In Private With Ānanda (1st) Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha … sat down to one side, and said to him: “Sir, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s the cessation of fe…