Saṁyutta Nikāya — Discursos Conectados — 36.26 — With Several Mendicants

1Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

2“Sir, what is feeling? What’s the origin of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the origin of feeling? What’s the cessation of feeling? What’s the practice that leads to the cessation of feeling? And what is feeling’s gratification, drawback, and escape?”

3“Mendicants, there are these three feelings. pleasant, painful, and neutral. These are called feelings.

4Feeling originates from contact. Craving is the practice that leads to the origin of feeling.

5When contact ceases, feeling ceases. …

6Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.”