SN36.11 — Rahogatasutta

Then a certain disciple approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down to one side. While sitting to one side, that disciple said to the Blessed One:

Here, venerable sir, while I was alone in seclusion, a reflection arose in my mind:

Three feelings have been spoken of by the Blessed One.

Pleasant feeling, painful feeling, neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling:

these three feelings have been spoken of by the Blessed One.

But it has been said by the Blessed One:

Whatever is felt is included in suffering.

What, venerable sir, was the Blessed One referring to when he said:

Whatever is felt is included in suffering?

Good, good, disciple.

These three feelings, disciple, have been spoken of by me.

Pleasant feeling, painful feeling, neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling:

these three feelings have been spoken of by me.

But it has been said by me, disciple:

Whatever is felt is included in suffering.

And this, disciple, has been said by me with reference to the impermanence of formations:

Whatever is felt is included in suffering.

And this, disciple, has been said by me with reference to the nature of formations to cease... to fade away... to be extinguished... to change:

Whatever is felt is included in suffering.

But, disciple, I have also taught the gradual cessation of formations.

For one who has attained the first jhāna, speech has ceased.

For one who has attained the second jhāna, applied and sustained thought have ceased.

For one who has attained the third jhāna, rapture has ceased.

For one who has attained the fourth jhāna, in-breathing and out-breathing have ceased.

For one who has attained the base of infinite space, the perception of form has ceased.

For one who has attained the base of infinite consciousness, the perception of the base of infinite space has ceased.

For one who has attained the base of nothingness, the perception of the base of infinite consciousness has ceased.

For one who has attained the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, the perception of the base of nothingness has ceased.

For one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased.

For a disciple whose taints are destroyed, lust has ceased, hatred has ceased, delusion has ceased.

But, disciple, I have also taught the gradual calming of formations.

For one who has attained the first jhāna, speech is calmed.

For one who has entered the second jhāna, initial and sustained thoughts are stilled ...

For one who has entered the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling are stilled.

For a disciple whose taints are destroyed, lust is stilled, hatred is stilled, delusion is stilled.

These are the six kinds of tranquility, disciple.

For one who has entered the first jhāna, speech is stilled.

For one who has entered the second jhāna, initial and sustained thoughts are stilled.

For one who has entered the third jhāna, rapture is stilled.

For one who has entered the fourth jhāna, in-breathing and out-breathing are stilled.

For one who has entered the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling are stilled.

For a disciple whose taints are destroyed, lust is stilled, hatred is stilled, delusion is stilled.

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