Friends:
Feeling induce
Latent Tendencies
(Anusaya)!
The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these three feelings.
Which three?
Pleasant feeling,
Painful feeling,
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling.
The
latent tendency to lust induced by pleasant feeling should be left
behind...
The
latent tendency to aversion induced by painful feeling should also be
left...
The
latent tendency to ignorance induced by neither-painful-nor-pleasant
feeling
should also be abandoned. When, bhikkhus, a bhikkhu has abandoned the
latent
tendency to lust rooted in pleasant feeling, the
latent
tendency to aversion rooted
in painful feeling, and the
latent
tendency to ignorance rooted in neither-painful-
nor-pleasant feeling, then he is indeed called a bhikkhu freed of
latent
tendencies,
one who sees rightly! He has stilled craving, cut off the mental chains, and
by completely
breaking through the conceit: 'I am', he has made an end of suffering...
When one experiences pleasure, if one does not understand feeling, the
tendency to lust
is present in anyone not seeing the escape from it. When one experiences
pain, if one
does not understand feeling, the tendency to aversion is present in any one
not seeing the
escape from it. The One of Vast Wisdom has taught that even if one seeks
delight in this
peaceful neither-painful-nor-pleasant feeling, then one is still not
released from suffering!
But a bhikkhu who is enthusiastic, who does not neglect clear comprehension,
such wise man
fully understands feelings in their entirety. Having fully understood
feelings, he is in this
very life freed of all mental fermentation. Standing in this Dhamma, in this
exquisite state,
at the body's breakup such knowledge-master cannot be reckoned, assessed or
estimated...
Pleasant feeling induces greed...
Painful feeling produces hate...
Neither-painful-nor-pleasant neutral feeling
causes neglect & thus generates ignorance...
All converges on Feeling (Vedanā):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Indifference_Creates_Ignorance.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Three_Basic_Kinds_of_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Feeling_Causes_and_Effects.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_8_Aspects_of_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Bodily_and_Mental_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Detached_from_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Dependent_on_Contact.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Focusing_on_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Analysis_of_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_108_Feelings.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Emotional_Storm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Latent_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Five_Feelings.htm
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikāya.
Book IV [205-6]
36: feeling. Vedanā.
Focused on Pleasure.
3.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html