3. Aṭṭhasatapariyāyavagga

Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.24

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3. Aṭṭhasatapariyāyavagga

3. The Explanation of the Hundred and Eight

Pubbasutta

Before

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

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

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

‘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?

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

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

Tassa mayhaṁ, bhikkhave, etadahosi:

Then it occurred to me:

‘tisso imā vedanā—

‘There are these three feelings:

sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā.

pleasant, painful, and neutral.

Imā vuccanti vedanā.

These are called feelings.

Phassasamudayā vedanāsamudayo.

Feeling originates from contact.

Taṇhā vedanāsamudayagāminī paṭipadā …pe…

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

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

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

Catutthaṁ.