{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn36.26/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn36.26","id":"suttacentral_sn36.26","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn36.26/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"Then several mendicants went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him: \u201cSir, what 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?\u201d \u201cMendicants, there 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. When contact ceases, feeling ceases. \u2026 Removing and giving up desire and greed for feeling: this is its escape.\u201d","title":"With Several Mendicants","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":108}