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The Foundations Of Mindfulness

Mahasatipatthana Sutta

Contemplation of Feelings


And how, monks, does a monk abide contemplating feelings as feelings?

Here, a monk

feeling a pleasant feeling
knows that he feels a pleasant feeling;

feeling a painful feeling
knows that he feels a painful feeling;

feeling a feeling that is neither-painful-nor-pleasant
knows that he feels a feeling that is neither-painful-nor-pleasant;

feeling a pleasant sensual feeling
knows that he feels a pleasant sensual feeling;

feeling a pleasant non-sensual feeling
knows that he feels a pleasant non-sensual feeling;

feeling a painful sensual feeling
knows that he feels a painful sensual feeling;

feeling a painful non-sensual feeling
knows that he feels a painful non-sensual feeling;

feeling a sensual feeling that is neither-painful-nor-pleasant
knows that he feel a sensual feeling that is neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling;

feeling a non-sensual feeling that is neither-painful-nor-pleasant
knows that he feels a non-sensual feeling that is neither-painful-nor-pleasant.



(Insight)

So he abides contemplating feelings as feelings internally,
contemplating feelings as feelings externally,
contemplating feelings as feelings both internally and externally.

He abides contemplating arising phenomena in the feelings,
He abides contemplating vanishing phenomena in the feelings,
He abides contemplating both arising and vanishing phenomena in the feelings.

Or else, mindfulness that "there is a feeling" is present to him
just to the extent necessary for the knowledge and awareness.
And he abides independent, not clinging to anything in the world.
And that, monks, is how a monk abides contemplating feelings as feelings.



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