“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā. Katamā tisso? Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā— imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā”ti.
Dasamaṁ.
The Buddha describes the three feelings—pleasant, painful, and neutral—and teaches how understanding their conditioned nature leads to disenchantment and the ending of suffering.
SN 36.30 Plain Version
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā.
“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.
Katamā tisso?
What three?
Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—
Pleasant, painful, and neutral feelings.
imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā”ti.
These are the three feelings.”
Dasamaṁ.
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