{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn36.24/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn36.24","id":"suttacentral_sn36.24","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn36.24/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, before my awakening\u2014when I was still unawakened but intent on awakening\u2014I thought: \u2018What is feeling? What\u2019s the origin of feeling? What\u2019s the practice that leads to the origin of feeling? What\u2019s the cessation of feeling? What\u2019s the practice that leads to the cessation of feeling? And what is feeling\u2019s gratification, drawback, and escape?\u2019 Then it occurred to me: \u2018There are these three feelings: pleasant, painful, and neutral. These are called feelings. Feeling originates from contact. Craving is the practice that leads to the origin of feeling \u2026 Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.\u2019\u201d","title":"Before","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":101}