{"id":"sn36.17","title":"With Several Mendicants (1st)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"sn36.17","title":"With Several Mendicants (1st)","units":[{"id":"sn36.17:0","sourceIds":["sn36.17:0.1","sn36.17:0.2","sn36.17:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṁyutta Nikāya 36.17\n2. Rahogatavagga\nPaṭhamasambahulasutta","en":"Linked Discourses 36.17\n2. In Private\nWith Several Mendicants (1st)"}},{"id":"sn36.17:1","sourceIds":["sn36.17:1.1","sn36.17:1.2","sn36.17:1.3","sn36.17:1.4","sn36.17:1.5","sn36.17:1.6","sn36.17:1.7","sn36.17:1.8","sn36.17:1.9","sn36.17:1.10","sn36.17:1.11","sn36.17:1.12","sn36.17:1.13"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho sambahulā bhikkhū yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkamiṁsu; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdiṁsu. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho te bhikkhū bhagavantaṁ etadavocuṁ:\n“katamā nu kho, bhante, vedanā, katamo vedanāsamudayo, katamo vedanānirodho, katamā vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā?\nKo vedanāya assādo, ko ādīnavo, kiṁ nissaraṇan”ti?\n“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā—\nsukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā—\nimā vuccanti, bhikkhave, vedanā.\nPhassasamudayā vedanāsamudayo;\nphassanirodhā vedanānirodho.\nAyameva ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo vedanānirodhagāminī paṭipadā, seyyathidaṁ—\nsammādiṭṭhi …pe… sammāsamādhi.\nYaṁ vedanaṁ paṭicca uppajjati sukhaṁ somanassaṁ, ayaṁ vedanāya assādo.\nYaṁ vedanā aniccā dukkhā vipariṇāmadhammā, ayaṁ vedanāya ādīnavo.\nYo vedanāya chandarāgavinayo chandarāgappahānaṁ, idaṁ vedanāya nissaraṇaṁ.","en":"Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:\n“Sir, 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?\nAnd what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?”\n“Mendicants, there are these three feelings:\npleasant, painful, and neutral.\nThese are called feelings.\nFeeling originates from contact.\nWhen contact ceases, feeling ceases.\nThe practice that leads to the cessation of feelings is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:\nright view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.\nThe pleasure and happiness that arise from feeling: this is its gratification.\nThat feeling is impermanent, suffering, and perishable: this is its drawback.\nRemoving and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape."}},{"id":"sn36.17:2","sourceIds":["sn36.17:2.1","sn36.17:2.2","sn36.17:2.3","sn36.17:2.4","sn36.17:2.5","sn36.17:2.6","sn36.17:2.7","sn36.17:2.8","sn36.17:2.9","sn36.17:2.10","sn36.17:2.11","sn36.17:2.12","sn36.17:2.13","sn36.17:2.14"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho pana, bhikkhave, mayā anupubbasaṅkhārānaṁ nirodho akkhāto.\nPaṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vācā niruddhā hoti …pe…\nkhīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno rāgo niruddho hoti, doso niruddho hoti, moho niruddho hoti.\nAtha kho pana, bhikkhave, mayā anupubbasaṅkhārānaṁ vūpasamo akkhāto.\nPaṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vācā vūpasantā hoti …pe…\nkhīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno rāgo vūpasanto hoti, doso vūpasanto hoti, moho vūpasanto hoti.\nChayimā, bhikkhave, passaddhiyo.\nPaṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vācā paṭippassaddhā hoti.\nDutiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa vitakkavicārā paṭippassaddhā honti.\nTatiyaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa pīti paṭippassaddhā hoti.\nCatutthaṁ jhānaṁ samāpannassa assāsapassāsā paṭippassaddhā honti.\nSaññāvedayitanirodhaṁ samāpannassa saññā ca vedanā ca paṭippassaddhā honti.\nKhīṇāsavassa bhikkhuno rāgo paṭippassaddho hoti, doso paṭippassaddho hoti, moho paṭippassaddho hotī”ti.\nSattamaṁ.","en":"But I have also explained the progressive cessation of activities. …\nFor someone who has attained the first absorption, speech has ceased. …\nFor a mendicant who has ended the defilements, greed, hate, and delusion have ceased.\nAnd I have also explained the progressive settling of activities.\nFor someone who has attained the first absorption, speech has stilled. …\nFor a mendicant who has ended the defilements, greed, hate, and delusion have stilled.\nThere are these six levels of tranquility.\nFor someone who has attained the first absorption, speech has been tranquilized.\nFor someone who has attained the second absorption, the placing of the mind and keeping it connected have been tranquilized.\nFor someone who has attained the third absorption, rapture has been tranquilized.\nFor someone who has attained the fourth absorption, breathing has been tranquilized.\nFor someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have been tranquilized.\nFor a mendicant who has ended the defilements, greed, hate, and delusion have been tranquilized.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/sn36.17/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}