Dutiyasambahulasutta

Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.18

Linked Discourses 36.18

2. Rahogatavagga

2. In Private

Dutiyasambahulasutta

With Several Mendicants (2nd)

Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu …pe…

Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha …

ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavā etadavoca:

The Buddha said to them:

“katamā nu kho, bhikkhave, vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā?

“Mendicants, what is feeling? What’s 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?”

“Bhagavaṁmūlakā no, bhante, dhammā …pe…”

“Our teachings are rooted in the Buddha. …”

“tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā—

“Mendicants, there are these three feelings:

sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—

pleasant, painful, and neutral.

imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, vedanā …pe… phassasamudayā …pe….

These are called feelings. …”

(Yathā purimasuttante, tathā vitthāretabbo.)

(Tell in full as in the previous discourse.)

Aṭṭhamaṁ.