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The Discourse on Gone to a Private Place
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Then a certain monk approached the Blessed One;
having approached, he paid respect to the Blessed One and sat down to one side.
Seated to one side, that monk said this to the Blessed One -
"Here, venerable sir, when I had gone to a private place and was in seclusion, this reflection arose in my mind:
'Three feelings have been spoken of by the Blessed One.
Pleasant feeling, unpleasant feeling, neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant feeling -
these three feelings have been spoken of by the Blessed One.
But this was said by the Blessed One -
"Whatever is felt, that is in suffering."
With reference to what was this spoken by the Blessed One -
"Whatever is felt, that is in suffering"?'"
"Good, good, monk! These three feelings, monk, have been spoken of by me. Pleasant feeling, unpleasant feeling, neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant feeling - these three feelings have been spoken of by me. But this, monk, was said by me - 'Whatever is felt, that is in suffering.' But this, monk, was spoken by me with reference to the impermanence of activities - "Whatever is felt, that is in suffering." But this, monk, was spoken by me with reference to the nature of activities being subject to destruction, etc. subject to falling, etc. subject to fading away, etc. having the nature of cessation, etc. subject to change - "Whatever is felt, that is in suffering." But, monk, the progressive cessation of activities has been declared by me. For one who has attained the first meditative absorption, speech has ceased. For one who has attained the second meditative absorption, applied and sustained thought have ceased. For one who has attained the third meditative absorption, rapture has ceased. For one who has attained the fourth meditative absorption, in-breath and out-breath have ceased. For one who has attained the plane of infinite space, perception of material form has ceased. For one who has attained the plane of infinite consciousness, perception of the plane of infinite space has ceased. For one who has attained the plane of nothingness, perception of the plane of infinite consciousness has ceased. For one who has attained the plane of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, perception of the plane of nothingness has ceased. For one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have ceased. For a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions, lust has ceased, hate has ceased, delusion has ceased. But, monk, the progressive appeasement of activities has been declared by me. For one who has attained the first meditative absorption, speech has been appeased. For one who has attained the second meditative absorption, applied and sustained thought have been appeased, etc. For one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have been appeased. For a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions, lust has been appeased, hate has been appeased, delusion has been appeased. There are these six tranquillities, monk. For one who has attained the first meditative absorption, speech has been calmed. For one who has attained the second meditative absorption, applied and sustained thought have been calmed. For one who has attained the third meditative absorption, rapture has been calmed. For one who has attained the fourth meditative absorption, in-breath and out-breath have been calmed. For one who has attained the cessation of perception and feeling, perception and feeling have been calmed. For a monk who has eliminated the mental corruptions, lust has been calmed, hate has been calmed, delusion has been calmed." The first.