[393] How is it that feelings (vedanā) arise known, persist known, and go to their subsiding known?
How is the arising of feeling known? "With the origin of ignorance there is the origin of feeling" — thus, in the sense of origination through a condition, the arising of feeling is known. "With the origin of craving (taṇhā) there is the origin of feeling"; "with the origin of kamma there is the origin of feeling"; "with the origin of contact (phassa) there is the origin of feeling" — thus, in the sense of origination through a condition, the arising of feeling is known. Also for one who sees the characteristic of generation, the arising of feeling is known. Thus the arising of feeling is known.
How is the presence of feeling known? For one attending to it as impermanent, its presence as exhaustion is known; for one attending to it as suffering (dukkha), its presence as terror is known; for one attending to it as not-self, its presence as emptiness is known. Thus the presence of feeling is known.
How is the subsiding of feeling known? "With the cessation of ignorance there is the cessation of feeling" — thus, in the sense of cessation of the condition, the subsiding of feeling is known. "With the cessation of craving there is the cessation of feeling"; "with the cessation of kamma there is the cessation of feeling"; "with the cessation of contact there is the cessation of feeling" — thus, in the sense of cessation of the condition, the subsiding of feeling is known. Also for one who sees the characteristic of change, the subsiding of feeling is known. Thus the subsiding of feeling is known. Thus it is that feelings arise known, persist known, and go to their subsiding known.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.