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#### Saṁyutta Nikāya
5. Mahā-Vagga
48. Indriya Saṁyutta
4. Sukh'Indriya (or Uppaṭi) Vagga

#### The Book of the Kindred Sayings
5. The Great Chapter
48. Kindred Sayings on the Faculties
4. The Faculty of Ease

#### Sutta 38

#### Tatiya Vibhaṅga Suttaṁ

# Analysis (c)

Translated by F. L. Woodward
Edited by Mrs. Rhys Davids

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[185]

[1][than] THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was staying near Sāvatthī.

Then the Exalted One addressed the monks,
saying:

"Monks."

"Yes, lord," replied those monks to the Exalted One.

The Exalted One said:

"Monks, there are these five controlling faculties.

What five?

The controlling faculty of ease,
the controlling faculty of discomfort,
the controlling faculty of happiness,
the controlling faculty of unhappiness,
the controlling faculty of indifference.

These are the five controlling faculties.

§

"And of what sort, monks,
is the controlling faculty of ease?

That ease which is bodily,
that agreeableness which is bodily,
that ease,
that agreeableness
which is experienced
when it arises from bodily contact, -
that, monks, is called
'the controlling faculty of ease.'

■

And of what sort, monks,
is the controlling faculty of discomfort?

That discomfort which is bodily,
that disagreeableness which is bodily,
that discomfort,
that disagreeableness
which is experienced
when it arises from bodily contact, -
that, monks, is called
'the controlling faculty of discomfort.'

■

And of what sort, monks,
is the controlling faculty of happiness?

That happiness which is mental,
that agreeableness which is mental,
that happiness,
that agreeableness
which is experienced
when it arises from mental contact, -
that, monks, is called
'the controlling faculty of happiness.'

■

And of what sort, monks,
is the controlling faculty of unhappiness?

That pain which is mental,
that disagreeableness which is mental,
that pain,
that disagreeableness
which is experienced
when it arises from mental contact, -
that, monks, is called
'the controlling faculty of unhappiness.'

■

And of what sort, monks,
is the controlling faculty of indifference?

That bodily or mental feelmg experienced,
which is neither agreeable nor disagreeable, -
that, monks, is called
'the controlling faculty of indifference.'

§

Now, monks, in these cases,
the controlling faculty of ease
and the controlling faculty of happiness
should be regarded as pleasurable feeling.

Likewise the controlling faculty of discomfort
and that of unhappiness
must be regarded as painful feeling.

Likewise the con- [186] trolling faculty of indifference
must be regarded as feeling that is neither pleasant nor painful.

Thus it is, monks, that these five controlling faculties,
from being five, become three,
and again, from being three,
they become five in turn.[1]

[1] Pariyāyena = vicissim.

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