Samādhisutta
Immersion
There are three feelings, and a meditator practicing immersion can understand them.
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Sukhasutta
Pleasure
There are three feelings, and all of them are suffering.
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Pahānasutta
Giving Up
One should give up desire for pleasant feeling, aversion for painful feeling, and ignorance regarding neutral feeling.
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Pātālasutta
The Abyss
Ordinary people think the ocean is a bottomless abyss; but really, it is the three feelings.
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Daṭṭhabbasutta
Should Be Seen
See pleasant feeling as painful, painful feeling as a dart, and neutral feeling as impermanent.
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Sallasutta
An Arrow
Both ordinary and awakened people experience the three feelings. The difference is that when an ordinary person is stricken with feeling, they react, creating more suffering, whereas an awakened person responds with equanimity.
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Paṭhamagelaññasutta
The Infirmary (1st)
A mendicant should await their death mindful and aware. They should bear the feelings of approaching death with wisdom and equanimity.
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Dutiyagelaññasutta
The Infirmary (2nd)
A mendicant should await their death mindful and aware. They should bear the feelings of approaching death with wisdom and equanimity.
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Aniccasutta
Impermanent
The three feelings are impermanent.
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Phassamūlakasutta
Rooted in Contact
The three feelings are each produced by the appropriate contact.
