Saṁyutta Nikāya — The Connected Discourses

SN36: Connected Discourses on Feeling

SN36:3 Abandonment

1"Bhikkhus, there are these three feelings. What three? Pleasant feeling, painful feeling, neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. The underlying tendency to lust should be abandoned in regard to pleasant feeling. The underlying tendency to aversion should be abandoned in regard to painful feeling. The underlying tendency to ignorance should be abandoned in regard to neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. [n.229] In Pali the three underlying tendencies are rāgānusaya, paṭighānusaya, avijjānusaya. Among the seven anusaya (see SN45.175), these three are specially correlated with feelings.

"When, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu has abandoned the underlying tendency to lust in regard to pleasant feeling, the underlying tendency to aversion in regard to painful feeling, and the underlying tendency to ignorance in regard to neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling, then he is called a bhikkhu without underlying tendencies, [n.230] I read niranusayo with Be, as against pahı̄narāgānusayo in Se and Ee. See also SN36.3. one who sees rightly. He has cut off craving, severed the fetters, and by completely breaking through conceit, [n.231] Mānābhisamayā. Spk: Breaking through conceit by seeing it (dassanābhisamayā) and by abandoning it (pahānābhisamayā). he has made an end to suffering."

2When one experiences pleasure,
If one does not understand feeling
The tendency to lust is present
For one not seeing the escape from it.

3When one experiences pain,
If one does not understand feeling
The tendency to aversion is present
For one not seeing the escape from it.

4The One of Broad Wisdom has taught
With reference to that peaceful feeling,
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant:
If one seeks delight even in this,
One is still not released from suffering. sn.iv.206

5But when a bhikkhu who is ardent
Does not neglect clear comprehension,
Then that wise man fully understands
Feelings in their entirety.

6Having fully understood feelings,
He is taintless in this very life.
Standing in Dhamma, with the body's breakup
The knowledge-master cannot be reckoned.

1"Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vedanā. Katamā tisso? Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā. Sukhāya, bhikkhave, vedanāya rāgānusayo pahātabbo, dukkhāya vedanāya paṭighānusayo pahātabbo, adukkhamasukhāya vedanāya avijjānusayo pahātabbo.

Yato kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhuno sukhāya vedanāya rāgānusayo pahīno hoti, dukkhāya vedanāya paṭighānusayo pahīno hoti, adukkhamasukhāya vedanāya avijjānusayo pahīno hoti, ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ‘bhikkhu niranusayo sammaddaso acchecchi taṇhāṁ, vivattayi saṁyojanaṁ, sammā mānābhisamayā antamakāsi dukkhassā’ti.

2Sukhaṁ vedayamānassa,
vedanāṁ appajānato;
So rāgānusayo hoti,
anissaraṇadassino.

3Dukkhaṁ vedayamānassa,
vedanāṁ appajānato;
Paṭighānusayo hoti,
anissaraṇadassino.

4Adukkhamasukhaṁ santaṁ,
bhūripaññena desitaṁ;
Tañcāpi abhinandati,
neva dukkhā pamuccati.

5Yato ca bhikkhu ātāpī,
sampajaññaṁ na riñcati;
Tato so vedanā sabbā,
parijānāti paṇḍito.

6So vedanā pariññāya,
diṭṭhe dhamme anāsavo;
Kāyassa bhedā dhammaṭṭho,
saṅkhyaṁ nopeti vedagū"ti.


Tatiyaṁ.

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