6.
The Discourse on Several Monks
274.
Then several monks approached the Blessed One;
having approached, etc.
Seated to one side, those monks said this to the Blessed One:
"What indeed, venerable sir, is feeling, what is the origin of feeling, what is the practice leading to the origin of feeling?
What is the cessation of feeling, what is the practice leading to the cessation of feeling?
What is the gratification in feeling, what is the danger, what is the escape?"
"There are these three feelings, monks -
pleasant feeling, unpleasant feeling, neither-unpleasant-nor-pleasant feeling.
These are called, monks, feelings.
From the origin of contact is the origin of feeling.
Craving is the practice leading to the origin of feeling.
From the cessation of contact, etc.
Whatever is the removal of desire and lust, the abandoning of desire and lust regarding feeling.
This is the escape from feeling."
The sixth.