Atthasatapariyaya Sutta - One Hundred Eight Feelings

Atthasatapariyaya Sutta 

One Hundred Eight Feelings

"I shall show you, O monks, a way of Dhamma presentation by which there are one hundred and eight feelings. Hence listen to me...

"In one way, O monks, I have spoken of two kinds of feelings, and in other ways of three, five, six, eighteen, thirty six and one hundred and eight feelings."

"What are the two kinds of feelings? 

They are bodily feelings  and mental feelings."

"What are the three types of feelings? 

They are pleasant feelings, painful feelings and neutral feelings 

(neither painful nor pleasant feelings)."

"What are the five feeling faculties? 

The faculties of pleasure, pain, gladness, sadness and equanimity."

"What are the six feeling sources? 

The feelings born of sense-impression through eye, ear, nose, tongue, 

body and mind."

"What are the eighteen feelings? 

There are the above six feelings by which there is an approach to the objects in gladness; and there are six approaches in sadness and there are six approaches in equanimity."

"What are the thirty six feelings? 

There are six feelings of gladness based on the household life 

and six feelings of gladness based on renunciation; 

six feelings of sadness based on the household life 

and six feelings of sadness based on renunciation; 

six feelings of equanimity based on the household life 

and six feelings of equanimity based on renunciation."

"What are the hundred and eight feelings? 

There are the above thirty-six feelings of the past; 

there are the above thirty-six feelings of the present; 

and there are the above thirty-six feelings of the future."

"These, O monks, are called the hundred and eight feelings; 

and this is the way of the Dhamma presentation by which 

there are one hundred and eight feelings."

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