Maha Satipatthana Sutta   Translated by U Jotika and U Dhamminda


II. Vedananupassana

And how does a bhikkhu dwell perceiving again and again that feelings are just feelings, not mine, not I, not self but just as phenomena?

While experiencing a pleasant feeling, a bhikkhu knows,

“I am experiencing a pleasant feeling”;

or while experiencing an unpleasant feeling, he knows,

“I am experiencing an unpleasant feeling”;

or while experiencing a feeling that is neither pleasant nor unpleasant,

he knows,

“I am experiencing a feeling that is neither pleasant nor unpleasant.”

While experiencing a pleasant feeling associated with sense pleasures, he knows,

“I am experiencing a pleasant feeling associated with sense pleasures”;

or while experiencing a pleasant feeling not associated with sense pleasures, he knows,

“I am experiencing a pleasant feeling not associated with sense pleasures.”

While experiencing an unpleasant feeling associated with sense pleasures, he knows,

“I am experiencing an unpleasant feeling associated with sense pleasures”;

or while experiencing an unpleasant feeling not associated with sense pleasures, he knows,

“I am experiencing an unpleasant feeling not associated with sense pleasures.“

While experiencing a feeling, that is neither pleasant nor unpleasant that is associated with sense pleasures, he knows,

“I am experiencing a feeling that is neither pleasant nor unpleasant that is associated with sense pleasures”;

or while experiencing a feeling that is neither pleasant nor unpleasant that is not associated with sense pleasures, he knows,

“I am experiencing a feeling that is neither pleasant nor unpleasant that is not associated with sense pleasures.”

Thus he dwells perceiving again and again the feeling as just the feeling, not mine, not I, not self, but just a phenomenon, in himself; or he dwells perceiving again and again the feeling as just the feeling in others ; or he dwells perceiving again and again the feeling as just the feeling in both himself and in others. He dwells perceiving again and again the cause and the actual appearing of the feeling; or he dwells perceiving gain and again the cause and the actual dissolution of the feeling; or he dwells perceiving again and again both the actual appearing and dissolution of the feeling with their causes.

To summarize, he is firmly mindful of the fact that only the feeling exists, not a soul, a self or I. That mindfulness is just for gaining insight and mindfulness progressively. Being detached from craving and wrong views he dwells without clinging to anything in the world.

Thus, in this way a bhikkhu dwells perceiving again and again feelings as just feelings.



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