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Mahanidanasutta 28.1-12

Mahānidānasutta 28.1-12

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28.1

Tatrānanda, yo so evamāha:

Now, as to those who say:

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28.2

‘vedanā me attā’ti,

‘Feeling is my self.’

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28.3

so evamassa vacanīyo:

You should say this to them:

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28.4

‘tisso kho imā, āvuso, vedanā—

‘Reverend, there are three feelings:

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28.5

sukhā vedanā dukkhā vedanā adukkhamasukhā vedanā.

pleasant, painful, and neutral.

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28.6

Imāsaṃ kho tvaṃ tissannaṃ vedanānaṃ katamaṃ attato samanupassasī’ti?

Which one of these do you regard as self?’

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28.7

Yasmiṃ, ānanda, samaye sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti, neva tasmiṃ samaye dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti, na adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti;

Ānanda, at a time when you feel a pleasant feeling, you don’t feel a painful or neutral feeling;

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28.8

sukhaṃyeva tasmiṃ samaye vedanaṃ vedeti.

you only feel a pleasant feeling.

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28.9

Yasmiṃ, ānanda, samaye dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti, neva tasmiṃ samaye sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti, na adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti;

At a time when you feel a painful feeling, you don’t feel a pleasant or neutral feeling;

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28.10

dukkhaṃyeva tasmiṃ samaye vedanaṃ vedeti.

you only feel a painful feeling.

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28.11

Yasmiṃ, ānanda, samaye adukkhamasukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti, neva tasmiṃ samaye sukhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti, na dukkhaṃ vedanaṃ vedeti;

At a time when you feel a neutral feeling, you don’t feel a pleasant or painful feeling;

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28.12

adukkhamasukhaṃyeva tasmiṃ samaye vedanaṃ vedeti.

you only feel a neutral feeling.

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