SAGĀTHĀVAGGA

Collections of Linked Discourses

Collections of 'linked' or 'connected' discourses and other related texts.

Samādhisutta

SN 36.1
Immersion

There are three feelings, and a meditator practicing immersion can understand them.

Sukhasutta

SN 36.2
Pleasure

There are three feelings, and all of them are suffering.

Pahānasutta

SN 36.3
Giving Up

One should give up desire for pleasant feeling, aversion for painful feeling, and ignorance regarding neutral feeling.

Pātālasutta

SN 36.4
The Abyss

Ordinary people think the ocean is a bottomless abyss; but really, it is the three feelings.

Daṭṭhabbasutta

SN 36.5
Should Be Seen

See pleasant feeling as painful, painful feeling as a dart, and neutral feeling as impermanent.

Sallasutta

SN 36.6
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.

Paṭhamagelaññasutta

SN 36.7
The Infirmary (1st)

A mendicant should await their death mindful and aware. They should bear the feelings of approaching death with wisdom and equanimity.

Dutiyagelaññasutta

SN 36.8
The Infirmary (2nd)

A mendicant should await their death mindful and aware. They should bear the feelings of approaching death with wisdom and equanimity.

Aniccasutta

SN 36.9
Impermanent

The three feelings are impermanent.

Phassamūlakasutta

SN 36.10
Rooted in Contact

The three feelings are each produced by the appropriate contact.