iti.52 Itivuttaka

Feelings (1)

This was said by the Lord…

“Bhikkhus, there are these three feelings. What three? Pleasant feeling, painful feeling, and neither-pleasant-nor-painful feeling. These are the three.”

A disciple of the Buddha,
Concentrated, clearly comprehending
And mindful, knows feelings
And the origin of feelings,
Where they cease and the path
That leads to their full destruction.
With the destruction of feelings a bhikkhu,
Without longing, has attained Nibbāna.

- Translator: John D. Ireland

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato

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Feelings (1st)

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.
What three?
Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.
These are the three feelings.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“Stilled, aware,
a mindful disciple of the Buddha
understands feelings,
the cause of feelings,
where they cease,
and the path that leads to their ending.
With the ending of feelings, a mendicant
is hungerless, extinguished.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.