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# SN 36:22 · The One-Hundred-and-Eight Exposition (Aṭṭhasata Sutta)
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-36-22/
- Published: 2026-06-01T05:10:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T17:00:49.000Z
- Description: Saṁyutta Nikāya · SN 36:22. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Buddha, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Saṁyutta Nikāya, Discourse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

“Monks, I will teach you a one-hundred-and-eight exposition that is a Dhamma exposition. Listen & pay close attention. I will speak.”

“As you say, lord,” the monks responded to him.

The Blessed One said: “And which one-hundred-and-eight exposition is a Dhamma exposition? There is the exposition whereby I have spoken of two feelings, the exposition whereby I have spoken of three feelings… five… six… eighteen… thirty-six… one hundred and eight feelings.

“And which are the two feelings? Physical & mental. These are the two feelings.

“And which are the three feelings? A feeling of pleasure, a feeling of pain, a feeling of neither pleasure nor pain. These are the three feelings.

“And which are the five feelings? The pleasure-faculty, the pain-faculty, the happiness-faculty, the distress-faculty, the equanimity-faculty. These are the five feelings.[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN36%5F22.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

“And which are the six feelings? A feeling born of eye-contact, a feeling born of ear-contact… nose-contact… tongue-contact… body-contact… intellect-contact. These are the six feelings.

“And which are the eighteen feelings? Six happiness-explorations, six distress-explorations, six equanimity-explorations.[2](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN36%5F22.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) These are the eighteen feelings.

“And which are the thirty-six feelings? Six kinds of house-based happiness & six kinds of renunciation-based happiness; six kinds of house-based distress & six kinds of renunciation-based distress; six kinds of house-based equanimity & six kinds of renunciation-based equanimity.[3](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/SN/SN36%5F22.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) These are the thirty-six feelings.

“And which are the one hundred and eight feelings? Thirty-six past feelings, thirty-six future feelings, and thirty-six present feelings. These are the one hundred and eight feelings.

“And this, monks, is the one-hundred-and-eight exposition that is a Dhamma exposition.”

Notes

1\. See [SN 48:38–39](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-48-38/).

2\. See [MN 137](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-137/).

3\. See [MN 137](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-137/).

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