7.
The Discourse on the Question about Feeling
320.
"'Feeling, feeling', friend Sāriputta, is said.
What indeed, friend, is feeling?"
"There are these three feelings, friend.
Which three?
Pleasant feeling, unpleasant feeling, neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant feeling -
these, friend, are the three feelings."
"But is there, friend, a path, is there a practice for the full understanding of these three feelings?"
"There is indeed, friend, a path, there is a practice for the full understanding of these three feelings."
"But what, friend, is the path, what is the practice for the full understanding of these three feelings?"
"Just this noble eightfold path, friend, is for the full understanding of these three feelings, as follows -
right view, right thought, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration.
This, friend, is the path, this is the practice for the full understanding of these three feelings."
"Excellent, friend, is the path, excellent is the practice for the full understanding of these three feelings.
And it is enough, friend Sāriputta, for diligence."
The seventh.