[288] And how, bhikkhus, does a bhikkhu dwell contemplating feeling (vedanā) in feelings?
Bhikkhus, here a bhikkhu, when feeling a pleasant feeling, knows clearly, 'I feel a pleasant feeling'; or, when feeling a painful feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a painful feeling'; or, when feeling a neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling'; or, when feeling a pleasant carnal feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a pleasant carnal feeling'; or, when feeling a pleasant non-carnal feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a pleasant non-carnal feeling'; or, when feeling a painful carnal feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a painful carnal feeling'; or, when feeling a painful non-carnal feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a painful non-carnal feeling'; or, when feeling a neither-painful-nor-pleasant carnal feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a neither-painful-nor-pleasant carnal feeling'; or, when feeling a neither-painful-nor-pleasant non-carnal feeling, he knows clearly, 'I feel a neither-painful-nor-pleasant non-carnal feeling.'
Thus he dwells contemplating feeling in feelings internally, or he dwells contemplating feeling in feelings externally, or he dwells contemplating feeling in feelings both internally and externally. He dwells contemplating the nature of origination in feelings, or he dwells contemplating the nature of vanishing in feelings, or he dwells contemplating the nature of both origination and vanishing in feelings. Or else his mindfulness that 'there is feeling' is established, just to the extent necessary for bare knowledge (ñāṇa) and bare remembrance. And he dwells independent, not clinging to anything in the world. Thus indeed, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu dwells contemplating feeling in feelings.
The contemplation of feelings is concluded.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.