The One-Hundred-and-Eight Exposition Aṭṭhasata Sutta (SN 36:22)

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - SN - SN 36:22 The One-Hundred-and-Eight Exposition ## Browse Suttas Go to Saṃyutta Nikṅya index SN index ## The One-Hundred-and-Eight Exposition Aṭṭhasata Sutta  (SN 36:22) "Monks, I will teach you a one-hundred-and-eight exposition that is a Dhamma exposition. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak." "As you say, lord," the monks responded to him. The Blessed One said: "And which one-hundred-and-eight exposition is a Dhamma exposition? There is the exposition whereby I have spoken of two feelings, the exposition whereby I have spoken of three feelings⦠five⦠six⦠eighteen⦠thirty-six⦠one hundred and eight feelings. "And which are the two feelings? Physical & mental. These are the two feelings. "And which are the three feelings? A feeling of pleasure, a feeling of pain, a feeling of neither pleasure nor pain. These are the three feelings. "And which are the five feelings? The pleasure-faculty, the pain-faculty, the happiness-faculty, the distress-faculty, the equanimity-faculty. These are the five feelings.1 "And which are the six feelings? A feeling born of eye-contact, a feeling born of ear-contact⦠nose-contact⦠tongue-contact⦠body-contact⦠intellect-contact. These are the six feelings. "And which are the eighteen feelings? Six happiness-explorations, six distress-explorations, six equanimity-explorations.2 These are the eighteen feelings. "And which are the thirty-six feelings? Six kinds of house-based happiness & six kinds of renunciation-based happiness; six kinds of house-based distress & six kinds of renunciation-based distress; six kinds of house-based equanimity & six kinds of renunciation-based equanimity.3 These are the thirty-six feelings. "And which are the one hundred and eight feelings? Thirty-six past feelings, thirty-six future feelings, and thirty-six present feelings. These are the one hundred and eight feelings. "And this, monks, is the one-hundred-and-eight exposition that is a Dhamma exposition." Notes 1. See SN 48:38–39. 2. See MN 137. 3. See MN 137. - --> - - - -