1"Bhikkhus, I will teach you a Dhamma exposition on the theme of the hundred and eight. Listen to that … .

1"Aṭṭhasatapariyāyaṁ vo, bhikkhave, dhammapariyāyaṁ desessāmi. Taṁ suṇātha.

"And what, bhikkhus, is the Dhamma exposition on the theme of the hundred and eight? I have spoken of two kinds of feelings by one method of exposition; I have spoken of three kinds of feelings by another method of exposition; I have spoken of five kinds of feelings … six kinds of feelings … eighteen kinds of feelings … thirty-six kinds of feelings by another method of exposition; and I have spoken of one hundred and eight kinds of feelings by still another method of exposition.

Katamo ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhasatapariyāyo, dhammapariyāyo? Dvepi mayā, bhikkhave, vedanā vuttā pariyāyena; tissopi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena; pañcapi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena; chapi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena; aṭṭhārasāpi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena; chattiṁsāpi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena; aṭṭhasatampi mayā vedanā vuttā pariyāyena.

2"And what, bhikkhus, are the two kinds of feelings? Bodily and mental. These are called the two kinds of feelings. sn.iv.232

2Katamā ca, bhikkhave, dve vedanā? Kāyikā ca cetasikā ca – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, dve vedanā.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the three kinds of feelings? Pleasant feeling, painful feeling, neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling. These are called the three kinds of feelings.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā? Sukhā vedanā, dukkhā vedanā, adukkhamasukhā vedanā – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, tisso vedanā.

And what, bhikkhus, are the five kinds of feelings? The pleasure faculty, the pain faculty, the joy faculty, the displeasure faculty, the equanimity faculty. These are called the five kinds of feelings. [n.254] Elaborated at 48:31–40.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, pañca vedanā? Sukhindriyaṁ, dukkhindriyaṁ, somanassindriyaṁ, domanassindriyaṁ, upekkhindriyaṁ – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, pañca vedanā.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the six kinds of feelings? Feeling born of eye-contact … feeling born of mind-contact. These are called the six kinds of feeling.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, cha vedanā? Cakkhusamphassajā vedanā … pe … manosamphassajā vedanā – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, cha vedanā.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the eighteen kinds of feelings? Six examinations accompanied by joy, six examinations accompanied by displeasure, six examinations accompanied by equanimity. These are called the eighteen kinds of feelings.[n.255] See MN III 216,29–217,4. Each type becomes sixfold by arising in relation to the six sense objects—forms, sounds, etc.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhārasa vedanā? Cha somanassūpavicārā, cha domanassūpavicārā, cha upekkhūpavicārā – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, aṭṭhārasa vedanā.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the thirty-six kinds of feelings? Six types of joy based on the household life, six types of joy based on renunciation; six types of displeasure based on the household life, six types of displeasure based on renunciation; six types of equanimity based on the household life, six types of equanimity based on renunciation. These are called the thirty-six kinds of feelings.[n.256] See MN III 217–19. Again, each type becomes sixfold in relation to the six sense objects.

Katamā ca, bhikkhave, chattiṁsa vedanā? Cha gehasitāni somanassāni, cha nekkhammasitāni somanassāni, cha gehasitāni domanassāni, cha nekkhammasitāni domanassāni, cha gehasitā upekkhā, cha nekkhammasitā upekkhā – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, chattiṁsa vedanā.

"And what, bhikkhus, are the hundred and eight kinds of feelings? The above thirty-six feelings in the past, the above thirty-six feelings in the future, the above thirty-six feelings at present. These are called the hundred and eight kinds of feelings.

Katamañca, bhikkhave, aṭṭhasataṁ vedanā? Atītā chattiṁsa vedanā, anāgatā chattiṁsa vedanā, paccuppannā chattiṁsa vedanā – imā vuccanti, bhikkhave, aṭṭhasataṁ vedanā.

"This, bhikkhus, is the Dhamma exposition on the theme of the hundred and eight."

Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, aṭṭhasatapariyāyo dhammapariyāyo"ti.

Dutiyaṁ.