Chapter One

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Mendicants, there are these three feelings.

What three?

Pleasant, painful, and neutral feeling.

These are the three feelings.”

The Buddha spoke this matter.

On this it is said:

“Stilled, aware,

a mindful disciple of the Buddha

understands feelings,

the cause of feelings,

where they cease,

and the path that leads to their ending.

With the ending of feelings, a mendicant

is hungerless, quenched.”

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.