sn36.15:1.1 Then Venerable Ānanda went up to the Buddha … sat down to one side, and said to him:
sn36.15:1.2 “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?
sn36.15:1.3 And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?”
sn36.15:1.4 “Ānanda, there are these three feelings:
sn36.15:1.5 pleasant, painful, and neutral.
sn36.15:1.6 These are called feelings.
sn36.15:1.7 Feeling originates from contact.
sn36.15:1.8 When contact ceases, feeling ceases.
sn36.15:1.9 The practice that leads to the cessation of feelings is simply this noble eightfold path, that is:
sn36.15:1.10 right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right immersion.
sn36.15:1.11 The pleasure and happiness that arise from feeling: this is its gratification.
sn36.15:1.12 That feeling is impermanent, suffering, and perishable: this is its drawback.
sn36.15:1.13 Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.
sn36.15:1.14 But I have also explained the progressive cessation of activities.
sn36.15:1.15 For someone who has attained the first absorption, speech has ceased. …
sn36.15:1.16 For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.
sn36.15:1.17 For a mendicant who has ended the defilements, greed, hate, and delusion have ceased.
sn36.15:1.18 And I have also explained the progressive settling of activities.
sn36.15:1.19 For someone who has attained the first absorption, speech has stilled. …
sn36.15:1.20 For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have stilled.
sn36.15:1.21 For a mendicant who has ended the defilements, greed, hate, and delusion have stilled.
sn36.15:1.22 And I have also explained the progressive tranquilizing of activities.
sn36.15:1.23 For someone who has attained the first absorption, speech has been tranquilized. …
sn36.15:1.24 For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite space, the perception of form has been tranquilized.
sn36.15:1.25 For someone who has attained the dimension of infinite consciousness, the perception of the dimension of infinite space has been tranquilized.
sn36.15:1.26 For someone who has attained the dimension of nothingness, the perception of the dimension of infinite consciousness has been tranquilized.
sn36.15:1.27 For someone who has attained the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, the perception of the dimension of nothingness has been tranquilized.
sn36.15:1.28 For someone who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have been tranquilized.
sn36.15:1.29 For a mendicant who has ended the defilements, greed, hate, and delusion have been tranquilized.”