So It Was Said 52

The Book of the Threes

Chapter One

Feelings (1st)

iti52:1 This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

iti52:2 “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:

iti52:3 “Stilled, aware, a mindful disciple of the Buddha understands feelings, the cause of feelings,

iti52:4 where they cease, and the path that leads to their ending. With the ending of feelings, a mendicant is hungerless, quenched.”

iti52:5 This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.