[231] 4. This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
"Bhikkhus, there are these three feelings (vedanā). What three? Pleasant feeling, painful feeling, and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. Pleasant feeling, bhikkhus, should be seen as suffering (dukkha); painful feeling should be seen as a dart (salla); neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling should be seen as impermanent (anicca). And when, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu has seen pleasant feeling as suffering, has seen painful feeling as a dart, and has seen neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling as impermanent, that bhikkhu, bhikkhus, is called a noble one who sees rightly: he has cut off craving (taṇhā), severed the fetter (saṃyojana), and, by the complete penetration of conceit (māna), has made an end of suffering."
The Blessed One spoke this meaning. In that connection this is said:
"One who has seen pleasure as suffering,
who has seen pain as a dart,
who has seen the peaceful neither-painful-nor-pleasant [feeling] —
has seen it as impermanent:
he truly is a bhikkhu who sees rightly;
thereby he is liberated in regard to them.
Consummate in direct knowledge (abhiññā), at peace,
he truly is a sage (muni) who has passed beyond the yokes (yoga)."
This meaning, too, was spoken by the Blessed One; so I have heard.
The fourth [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.