[120] "And what, bhikkhus, is feeling (vedanā)? There are these six classes of feeling: feeling born of eye-contact … feeling born of mind-contact. This is called feeling. With the origin of contact there is the origin of feeling; with the cessation of contact there is the cessation of feeling. This very Noble Eightfold Path is the way of practice leading to the cessation of feeling, namely: right view … right concentration (samādhi).
"The pleasure and joy that arise in dependence on feeling: this is the gratification (assāda) in feeling. That feeling is impermanent, suffering (dukkha), and subject to change: this is the danger (ādīnava) in feeling. The removal of desire and lust for feeling, the abandoning of desire and lust: this is the escape (nissaraṇa) from feeling.
"Bhikkhus, whatever ascetics or brahmins, having directly known feeling thus, having directly known the origin of feeling thus, having directly known the cessation of feeling thus, having directly known the way of practice leading to the cessation of feeling thus, having directly known the gratification in feeling thus, having directly known the danger in feeling thus, having directly known the escape from feeling thus, are practising for the purpose of disenchantment with feeling, for its dispassion and cessation — they are practising well. Those who are practising well have gained a foothold in this Dhamma and Discipline. And, bhikkhus, whatever ascetics or brahmins, having directly known feeling thus … for them the round does not exist for their designation."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.