iti.53 Itivuttaka

Feelings (2nd)

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.
Pleasant feeling should be seen as suffering.
Painful feeling should be seen as a dart.
Neutral feeling should be seen as impermanent.
When a mendicant has seen these three feelings in this way,
they’re called a mendicant who has cut off craving, untied the fetters, and by rightly comprehending conceit has made an end of suffering.”
The Buddha spoke this matter.
On this it is said:
“A mendicant who sees pleasure as pain,
and suffering as a dart,
and that peaceful, neutral feeling
as impermanent
sees rightly.
And when freed in regards to that,
that peaceful sage, with perfect insight,
has truly escaped their bonds.”
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.