dn22:11.0 2. Observing the Feelings
dn22:11.1 And how does a mendicant meditate observing an aspect of feelings?
dn22:11.2 It’s when a mendicant who feels a pleasant feeling knows: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling.’
dn22:11.3 When they feel a painful feeling, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling.’
dn22:11.4 When they feel a neutral feeling, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling.’
dn22:11.5 When they feel a pleasant feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling of the flesh.’
dn22:11.6 When they feel a pleasant feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a pleasant feeling not of the flesh.’
dn22:11.7 When they feel a painful feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling of the flesh.’
dn22:11.8 When they feel a painful feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a painful feeling not of the flesh.’
dn22:11.9 When they feel a neutral feeling of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling of the flesh.’
dn22:11.10 When they feel a neutral feeling not of the flesh, they know: ‘I feel a neutral feeling not of the flesh.’
dn22:11.11 And so they meditate observing an aspect of feelings internally, externally, and both internally and externally.
dn22:11.12 With respect to feelings, they meditate observing the liability to originate, to vanish, and to originate and vanish.
dn22:11.13 Or mindfulness is established that feelings exist, to the extent necessary for knowledge and mindfulness. They meditate independent, not grasping at anything in the world.
dn22:11.14 That’s how a mendicant meditates by observing an aspect of feelings.

