Parent:: [[Pancupadanakkhandha|Pañcupādānakkhandhā]], [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]], [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] # Vedanā (Feeling) ![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-vedana]] ### 2 Types of Feelings ![[SN36.6 Sallasutta#^2-arrows]] ## 3 Types of Feelings > [!summary] 3 Types of Feelings — In Cūḷavedallasutta ([MN44](https://suttacentral.net/mn44/en/sujato)) ([[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^feeling|read more]]) > “But ma’am, **how many feelings** are there?” > “***Kati** panāyye, **vedanā**”ti?* > > “There are three feelings: > *“**Tisso** kho imā, āvuso visākha, **vedanā**—* > > **pleasant**, **painful**, and **neutral** feeling.” > _**sukhā vedanā**, **dukkhā vedanā**, **adukkhamasukhā vedanā**”ti._ ^3-types ## 108 Types of Feelings? > [!NOTE] In Pañcakaṅgasutta ([SN36.19](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.19/en/sujato)) > (Buddha) In one explanation I’ve spoken of **two feelings**. In another explanation I’ve spoken of **three** feelings, or **five**, **six**, **eighteen**, **thirty-six**, or a **hundred and eight** feelings. > > *Dvepi mayā, ānanda, vedanā vuttā pariyāyena. > Tissopi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena. > Pañcapi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena. > Chapi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena. > Aṭṭhārasāpi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena. > Chattiṁsāpi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena. > Aṭṭhasatampi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.* > > I’ve explained the teaching in **all these different ways**. > *Evaṁ pariyāyadesito kho, ānanda, mayā dhammo.* ## Other Categorizations ### 6 Feelings ![[SN22.56 Upādānaparipavattasutta#^what-is-vedana]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ## Feeling Co-arises with [[Sanna|Perception]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^feeling-and-perception]] ## Feeling arises due to [[Phassa|Contact]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ## Feeling leads to [[Tanha|Craving]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-tanha]] ## Suttas - [[SN36.6 Sallasutta]] ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.6/en/sujato)) - Ordinary people get hit by 2 arrows because they resist the pain. - ![[Jhana#^sn36-19]] - [[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta]] - [[SN22.95 Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta]]