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Saɱyutta Nikāya
4. Saḷāyatana Vagga
36. Vedanā Saɱyutta
3. Aṭṭha-Sata-Pariyāya Vagga

Sutta 22

Aṭṭha-Sata-Pariyāya Suttaɱ

The One-hundred-and-eight Exposition

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
Proofed against and modified in accordance with the revised edition at dhammatalks.org
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[1][pts][nypo][bodh] "Monks, I will teach you a one-hundred-and-eight exposition that is a Dhamma exposition.

Listen and pay close attention.

I will speak."

"As you say, lord," the monks responded to him.

The Blessed One said:

"And which one-hundred-and-eight exposition is a Dhamma exposition?

There is the exposition whereby I have spoken of two feelings, the exposition whereby I have spoken of three feelings... five... six... eighteen... thirty-six... one hundred and eight feelings.

"And which are the two feelings?

Physical and mental.

These are the two feelings.

"And which are the three feelings?

A feeling of pleasure, a feeling of pain, a feeling of neither pleasure nor pain.

These are the three feelings.

"And which are the five feelings?

The pleasure-faculty, the pain-faculty, the happiness-faculty, the distress-faculty, the equanimity-faculty.

These are the five feelings.[1]

"And which are the six feelings?

A feeling born of eye-contact, a feeling born of ear-contact... nose-contact... tongue-contact... body-contact... intellect-contact.

These are the six feelings.

"And which are the eighteen feelings?

Six happiness-explorations, six distress-explorations, six equanimity-explorations.[2]

These are the eighteen feelings.

"And which are the thirty-six feelings?

Six kinds of house-based happiness and six kinds of renunciation-based happiness; six kinds of house-based distress and six kinds of renunciation-based distress; six kinds of house-based equanimity and six kinds of renunciation-based equanimity.[3]

These are the thirty-six feelings.

"And which are the one hundred and eight feelings?

Thirty-six past feelings, thirty-six future feelings, and thirty-six present feelings.

These are the one hundred and eight feelings.

"And this, monks, is the one-hundred-and-eight exposition that is a Dhamma exposition."

 


[1] See SN 48:38–39.

[2] MN 137

[3] MN 137

 


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