[438] Then a certain bhikkhu approached the Blessed One … Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, what now is feeling (vedanā)? What is the origin of feeling? What is the way of practice (paṭipadā) leading to the origin of feeling? What is the cessation of feeling? What is the way of practice leading to the cessation of feeling? What is the gratification (assāda) in feeling? What is the danger (ādīnava)? What is the escape (nissaraṇa)?"
"Bhikkhu, there are these three feelings: pleasant feeling, painful feeling, and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. These, bhikkhu, are called feeling. With the origin of contact (phassa) there is the origin of feeling. Craving (taṇhā) is the way of practice leading to the origin of feeling. With the cessation of contact there is the cessation of feeling. This very Noble Eightfold Path (ariya aṭṭhaṅgika magga) is the way of practice leading to the cessation of feeling; that is: right view … right concentration. The pleasure and joy (somanassa) that arise in dependence on feeling: this is the gratification in feeling. That feeling is impermanent, suffering (dukkha), and subject to change: this is the danger in feeling. The removal of desire and lust (chandarāga) for feeling, the abandoning of desire and lust: this is the escape from feeling."
The Third [Sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.