Saṁyutta Nikāya 38.7
Translators: sujato
Linked Discourses 38.7
1. Jambukhādakavagga
1. With Jambukhādaka
Vedanāpañhāsutta
A Question About Feeling
“‘Vedanā, vedanā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.
“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘feeling’.
Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vedanā”ti?
What is feeling?”
“Tisso imāvuso, vedanā.
“Reverend, there are three feelings.
Katamā tisso?
What three?
Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—
Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.
imā kho, āvuso, tisso vedanā”ti.
These are the three feelings.”
“Atthi panāvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāyā”ti?
“But reverend, is there a path and a practice for completely understanding these three feelings?”
“Atthi kho, āvuso, maggo atthi paṭipadā, etāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāyā”ti.
“There is.” …
“Katamo panāvuso, maggo katamā paṭipadā, etāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāyā”ti?
“Ayameva kho, āvuso, ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo, etāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāya, seyyathidaṁ—
sammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.
Ayaṁ kho, āvuso, maggo ayaṁ paṭipadā, etāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāyā”ti.
“Bhaddako, āvuso, maggo bhaddikā paṭipadā, etāsaṁ tissannaṁ vedanānaṁ pariññāya.
Alañca panāvuso sāriputta, appamādāyā”ti.
Sattamaṁ.