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Which are the 5 Abilities producing Feeling?

The Blessed Buddha once said:
Bhikkhus, there are these five mental abilities to feel (vedanā).
What five?

The ability to feel pleasure (sukha).
The ability to feel pain (dukkha).
The ability to feel gladness (somanassa).
The ability to feel sadness (domanassa).
The ability to feel equanimity (upekkhā).

What, Bhikkhus, is the ability to feel pleasure?
Whatever bodily pleasure there is, whatever bodily comfort, any
pleasant agreeable feeling born of body-contact: This, Bhikkhus,
is called the ability to feel pleasure.
What, Bhikkhus, is the ability to feel pain?
Whatever bodily pain there is, whatever bodily discomfort, painful
disagreeable feeling born of body-contact: This, Bhikkhus, is called
the ability to feel pain.
What, Bhikkhus, is the ability to feel gladness?
Whatever mental pleasure & joy there is, whatever mental comfort,
pleasant agreeable feeling born of mental contact: This, Bhikkhus,
is called the ability to feel gladness.
What, Bhikkhus, is the ability to feel sadness?
Whatever mental frustration there is, whatever mental discomfort,
disagreeable feeling born of mental contact: This, Bhikkhus, is the
ability to feel sadness.
What, Bhikkhus, is the ability to feel equanimity?
Whatever feeling there is, whether bodily or mental, that is neither
comfortable nor uncomfortable, neither agreeable nor disagreeable:
This, Bhikkhus, is called the ability to feel equanimity.
These, Bhikkhus, are the five abilities to feel feelings.