[13] Therein, which feeling (vedanā) is far (dūre)?
Unwholesome (akusala) feeling is far from wholesome (kusala) and indeterminate (abyākata) feelings; wholesome and indeterminate feelings are far from unwholesome feeling. Wholesome feeling is far from unwholesome and indeterminate feelings; unwholesome and indeterminate feelings are far from wholesome feeling. Indeterminate feeling is far from wholesome and unwholesome feelings; wholesome and unwholesome feelings are far from indeterminate feeling. Painful (dukkhā) feeling is far from pleasant (sukhā) and neither-painful-nor-pleasant (adukkhamasukhā) feelings; pleasant and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feelings are far from painful feeling. Pleasant feeling is far from painful and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feelings; painful and neither-painful-nor-pleasant feelings are far from pleasant feeling. Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling is far from pleasant and painful feelings; pleasant and painful feelings are far from neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. The feeling of one who has not entered an attainment (asamāpanna) is far from the feeling of one who has entered an attainment (samāpanna); the feeling of one who has entered an attainment is far from the feeling of one who has not entered an attainment. Feeling subject to taints (sāsava) is far from feeling free from taints (anāsava); feeling free from taints is far from feeling subject to taints. This is called feeling that is far.
Therein, which feeling is near (santike)?
Unwholesome feeling is near to unwholesome feeling; wholesome feeling is near to wholesome feeling; indeterminate feeling is near to indeterminate feeling; painful feeling is near to painful feeling; pleasant feeling is near to pleasant feeling; neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling is near to neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling; the feeling of one who has not entered an attainment is near to the feeling of one who has not entered an attainment; the feeling of one who has entered an attainment is near to the feeling of one who has entered an attainment; feeling subject to taints is near to feeling subject to taints; feeling free from taints is near to feeling free from taints. This is called feeling that is near.
Or else, taking this or that feeling in each successive case, feeling should be seen as far or near.
The Aggregate of Perception (Saññākkhandha)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.