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- Samyutta Nikaya XXXVI.11
- Rahogata Sutta
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Then a certain monk went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him,
sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: "Just now, lord, while I was alone in seclusion, this train of thought
arose in my awareness: 'Three feelings have been spoken of by the Blessed One: a feeling
of pleasure, a feeling of pain (stress), & a feeling of neither pleasure nor pain.
These are the three feelings spoken of by the Blessed One. But the Blessed One has said:
"Whatever is felt comes under stress (pain)." Now in what connection was this
stated by the Blessed One: "Whatever is felt comes under stress (pain)?"'"
"Excellent, monk. Excellent. These three feelings have been spoken of by me: a
feeling of pleasure, a feeling of pain (stress), & a feeling of neither pleasure nor
pain. These are the three feelings spoken of by me. But I have also said: 'Whatever is
felt comes under stress (pain).' That I have stated simply in connection with the
inconstancy of fabrications. That I have stated simply in connection with the nature of
fabrications to end...in connection with the nature of fabrications to fall away...to fade
away...to cease...in connection with the nature of fabrications to change.
"And I have also taught the step-by-step cessation of fabrications. When one has
attained the first jhana, speech has ceased. When one has attained the second jhana,
directed thought & evaluation have ceased. When one has attained the third jhana,
rapture has ceased. When one has attained the fourth jhana, in-and-out breathing has
ceased. When one has attained the sphere of the infinitude of space, the perception of
forms has ceased. When one has attained the sphere of the infinitude of consciousness, the
perception of the sphere of the infinitude of space has ceased. When one has attained the
sphere of nothingness, the perception of the sphere of the infinitude of consciousness has
ceased. When one has attained the sphere of neither-perception nor non-perception, the
perception of the sphere of nothingness has ceased. When one has attained the cessation of
perception & feeling, perception & feeling have ceased. When a monk's effluents
have ended, passion has ceased, aversion has ceased, delusion has ceased.
"Then, monk, I have also taught the step-by-step stilling of
fabrications. When one has attained the first jhana, speech has been stilled. When one has
attained the second jhana, directed thought & evaluation have been stilled. When one
has attained the third jhana, rapture has been stilled. When one has attained the fourth
jhana, in-and-out breathing has been stilled. When one has attained the sphere of the
infinitude of space, the perception of forms has been stilled. When one has attained the
sphere of the infinitude of consciousness, the perception of the sphere of the infinitude
of space has been stilled. When one has attained the sphere of nothingness, the perception
of the sphere of the infinitude of consciousness has been stilled. When one has attained
the sphere of neither-perception nor non-perception, the perception of the sphere of
nothingness has been stilled. When one has attained the cessation of perception &
feeling, perception & feeling have been stilled. When a monk's effluents have ended,
passion has been stilled, aversion has been stilled, delusion has been stilled.
"There are these six calmings. When one has attained the
first jhana, speech has been calmed. When one has attained the second jhana, directed
thought & evaluation have been calmed. When one has attained the third jhana, rapture
has been calmed. When one has attained the fourth jhana, in-and-out breathing has been
calmed. When one has attained the cessation of perception & feeling, perception &
feeling have been calmed. When a monk's effluents have ended, passion has been calmed,
aversion has been calmed, delusion has been calmed."