Saṃyutta Nikāya
II. Nidāna Vagga
14. Dhātu-Saṃyuttaṃ
I. Nānatta Vagga Paṭhama
1. Ajjhatta-Pañcakaṃ
Paṭhama
Vedanā
[Vedanā-Nānatta]
Suttaṃ
Sutta 4
Sensation 1
Translated from the Pāḷi
by
Michael M. Olds
Once upon a time, The Lucky man,
Sāvatthi-town revisiting,
Jeta Grove,
Anathapiṇḍika's Sporting Grounds.
"The diversity of data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
diverse touches,
the diversity of touches
rebounds as
what comes to be
diverse sensations.[1]
And what, beggars,
are the diverse data?
Eye data,
ear data,
nose data,
tongue data,
body data,
mind data.
These beggars,
are what are called
the diverse data.
And what, beggars,
are the diverse data
that rebound as
what comes to be
diverse touches?
the diverse touches
that rebound as
what comes to be
diverse sensations?
Eye data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
eye touch.
Eye touch
rebounds as
what comes to be
eye-touch sensation.
Ear data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
ear touch.
Ear touch
rebounds as
what comes to be
ear-touch sensation.
Nose data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
nose touch.
Nose touch
rebounds as
what comes to be
nose-touch sensation.
Tongue data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
tongue touch.
Tongue touch
rebounds as
what comes to be
tongue-touch sensation.
Body data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
body touch.
Body touch
rebounds as
what comes to be
body-touch sensation.
Mind data, beggars,
rebounds as
what comes to be
mind touch.
Mind touch
rebounds as
what comes to be
mind-touch sensation.
Such then, beggars,
are the diverse data
that rebound as
what comes to be
diverse touches;
the diverse touches
that rebound as
what comes to be
diverse sensations."
[1] Vedanā. The sensation of pleasantness reproduced as a result of contact with sense data; the sensation of pain reproduced as a result of contact with sense data; the sensation that is neither pain nor pleasantness reproduced as a result of contact with sense data.
