SN48.40 — Uppaṭipāṭikasutta

Disciples, there are these five faculties.

What five?

The faculty of pain, the faculty of displeasure, the faculty of pleasure, the faculty of happiness, and the faculty of equanimity.

Here a disciple who is diligent, ardent, and resolute experiences the faculty of pain.

He understands thus:

This faculty of pain has arisen in me; it is conditioned, arisen from a cause, subject to destruction, and dependent on conditions.

It is impossible for this faculty of pain to arise without a cause, without a condition, without a basis, and without dependence on conditions.

He understands the faculty of pain, its origin, its cessation, and the path leading to its cessation.

Where does the arisen faculty of pain cease without remainder?

Here a disciple, secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome states, enters and dwells in the first jhāna, which is accompanied by applied and sustained thought, with rapture and pleasure born of seclusion.

It is here that the arisen faculty of pain ceases without remainder.

This is called a disciple who has understood the cessation of the faculty of pain and directs his mind accordingly.

Here a disciple who is diligent, ardent, and resolute experiences the faculty of displeasure.

He understands thus:

This faculty of displeasure has arisen in me; it is conditioned, arisen from a cause, subject to destruction, and dependent on conditions.

It is impossible for this faculty of displeasure to arise without a cause, without a condition, without a basis, and without dependence on conditions.

He understands the faculty of displeasure, its origin, its cessation, and the path leading to its cessation.

Where does the arisen faculty of displeasure cease without remainder?

Here a disciple, with the subsiding of applied and sustained thought, with inner tranquility and unification of mind, without applied and sustained thought, with rapture and pleasure born of concentration, enters and dwells in the second jhāna.

It is here that the arisen faculty of displeasure ceases without remainder.

This is called a disciple who has understood the cessation of the faculty of displeasure and directs his mind accordingly.

Here a disciple who is diligent, ardent, and resolute experiences the faculty of pleasure.

He understands thus:

This faculty of pleasure has arisen in me; it is conditioned, arisen from a cause, subject to destruction, and dependent on conditions.

It is impossible for this faculty of pleasure to arise without a cause, without a condition, without a basis, and without dependence on conditions.

He understands the faculty of pleasure, its origin, its cessation, and the path leading to its cessation.

Where does the arisen faculty of pleasure cease without remainder?

Here a disciple, with the fading away of rapture, dwells in equanimity, mindful and fully aware, and experiences pleasure with the body; he enters and dwells in the third jhāna, of which the noble ones declare: He dwells in equanimity, mindful, and in a pleasant abiding.

It is here that the arisen faculty of pleasure ceases without remainder.

This is called a disciple who has understood the cessation of the faculty of pleasure and directs his mind accordingly.

Here a disciple who is diligent, ardent, and resolute experiences the faculty of happiness.

He understands thus:

This faculty of happiness has arisen in me; it is conditioned, arisen from a cause, subject to destruction, and dependent on conditions.

It is impossible for this faculty of happiness to arise without a cause, without a condition, without a basis, and without dependence on conditions.

He understands the faculty of happiness, its origin, its cessation, and the path leading to its cessation.

Where does the arisen faculty of happiness cease without remainder?

Here a disciple, with the abandoning of pleasure and pain, and with the previous disappearance of joy and grief, enters and dwells in the fourth jhāna, which has neither-pain-nor-pleasure and purity of mindfulness due to equanimity.

It is here that the arisen faculty of happiness ceases without remainder.

This is called a disciple who has understood the cessation of the faculty of happiness and directs his mind accordingly.

Here a disciple who is diligent, ardent, and resolute experiences the faculty of equanimity.

He understands thus:

This faculty of equanimity has arisen in me; it is conditioned, arisen from a cause, subject to destruction, and dependent on conditions.

It is impossible for this faculty of equanimity to arise without a cause, without a condition, without a basis, and without dependence on conditions.

There is no such place.

He understands the faculty of equanimity, understands the arising of the faculty of equanimity, understands the cessation of the faculty of equanimity, and understands where the arisen faculty of equanimity ceases without remainder.

Where does the arisen faculty of equanimity cease without remainder?

Here a disciple, having completely transcended the base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, enters and dwells in the cessation of perception and feeling.

It is here that the arisen faculty of equanimity ceases without remainder.

This is called a disciple who has known the cessation of the faculty of equanimity and directs his mind towards that goal.