Parent:: [[Pancupadanakkhandha|Pañcupādānakkhandhā]], [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]], [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] Related:: [[Dukkha]] # Vedanā (Feeling) ## What is Feeling? ![[SN22.79 Khajjanīyasutta#^why-called-vedana]] ## Feeling = [[Dukkha]]!! ![[AN3.61 Titthāyatanasutta#^conception-and-dukkha]] ### How to see Feeling? ![[SN36.5 Daṭṭhabbasutta#^how-to-see]] ## 3 Types of Feelings > [!summary] 3 Types of Feelings — In Cūḷavedallasutta ([MN44](https://suttacentral.net/mn44/en/sujato)) ([[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^vedana-three-feelings|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 ![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^3-feeling-definitions]] ## 5 Feelings — How 3 Feelings becomes 5, and 5 becomes 3 > [!info] 3 or 5 Feelings — In Tatiyavibhaṅgasutta ([SN48.38](https://suttacentral.net/sn48.38/en/sujato)) > And what is the faculty of **==happiness==**? > _Katamañca, bhikkhave, **==somanassindriyaṁ==**?_ > > Mental enjoyment, mental pleasure, the enjoyable, pleasant feeling that’s born from mind contact. > _Yaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cetasikaṁ sukhaṁ, cetasikaṁ sātaṁ, manosamphassajaṁ sukhaṁ sātaṁ vedayitaṁ—_ > > This is called the faculty of happiness. > _idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, somanassindriyaṁ._ > > --- > And what is the faculty of **==sadness==**? > _Katamañca, bhikkhave, **==domanassindriyaṁ==**?_ > > Mental pain, mental displeasure, the painful, unpleasant feeling that’s born from mind contact. > _Yaṁ kho, bhikkhave, cetasikaṁ dukkhaṁ, cetasikaṁ asātaṁ, manosamphassajaṁ dukkhaṁ asātaṁ vedayitaṁ—_ > > This is called the faculty of sadness. > _idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, domanassindriyaṁ._ > > --- > And what is the faculty of **==equanimity==**? > _Katamañca, bhikkhave, **==upekkhindriyaṁ==**?_ > > Neither pleasant nor unpleasant feeling, **==whether physical or mental==**. > _Yaṁ kho, bhikkhave, **==kāyikaṁ vā cetasikaṁ vā==** neva sātaṁ nāsātaṁ vedayitaṁ—_ > > This is the faculty of equanimity. > _idaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, upekkhindriyaṁ._ > > --- > In this context, the faculties of **==pleasure==** and **==happiness==** should be seen as **==pleasant feeling==**. > _Tatra, bhikkhave, yañca **==sukhindriyaṁ==** yañca **==somanassindriyaṁ==**, **==sukhā sā vedanā==** daṭṭhabbā._ > > The faculties of **==pain==** and **==sadness==** should be seen as painful feeling. > _Tatra, bhikkhave, yañca **==dukkhindriyaṁ==** yañca **==domanassindriyaṁ==**, **==dukkhā sā vedanā==** daṭṭhabbā._ > > The faculty of **==equanimity==** should be seen as **==neutral feeling==**. > _Tatra, bhikkhave, yadidaṁ **==upekkhindriyaṁ==**, **==adukkhamasukhā==** sā vedanā daṭṭhabbā._ > > --- > (Conversion of 5 -> 3, and 3 -> 5) > That’s how these five faculties, depending on how they’re explained, having been **==five become three==**, and having been **==three become five==**.” > _Iti kho, bhikkhave, imāni pañcindriyāni pañca hutvā tīṇi honti, tīṇi hutvā pañca honti pariyāyenā”ti._ ### How the 5 Feelings can be Transcended? ![[SN48.40 Uppaṭipāṭikasutta#^transcend-5-feelings]] ## Other Categorizations ### 2 Types of Feelings ![[SN36.6 Sallasutta#^2-arrows]] ### 6 Feelings ![[SN22.56 Upādānaparipavattasutta#^what-is-vedana]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ### 108 Types of Feelings? > [!tip] Fully explained in SN36.22 Aṭṭhasatasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.22/en/sujato)) > [!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.* ## What's its Origin? ### Feeling arises due to [[Phassa|Contact]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ### What's the [[Anusaya|Latent Tendencies]] that underlie Feelings? ![[SN36.6 Sallasutta#^puthujjana-attach-resist]] ![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^feeling-anusaya]] ## Feeling Co-arises with [[Sanna|Perception]] ![[MN43 Mahāvedallasutta#^feeling-and-perception]] ## 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. - Expositions - SN36.22 Aṭṭhasatasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn36.22/en/sujato)) - Explanation of 108 feelings - ![[Jhana#^sn36-19]] - SN48.38 Tatiyavibhaṅgasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn48.38/en/sujato)) - (Important) How 3 feelings becomes 5 feelings — sukha = sukha (bodily) + somanassa (mental), etc. - [[SN48.40 Uppaṭipāṭikasutta]] - How the 5 Feelings can be transcended by different levels of Jhāna! - Understandings - [[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta]] - Practices - [[SN36.5 Daṭṭhabbasutta]] - How the 3 Feelings should be seen? - [[SN22.95 Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta]]