The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

by Thich Nhat Hanh

II. The Contemplation of Feeling And how, monks, does a monk live contemplating feelings in feelings? Herein, monks, a monk when experiencing a pleasant feeling knows, “I experience a pleasant feeling”; when experiencing a painful feeling, he knows, “I experience a painful feeling”; when experiencing a neither pleasant nor painful feeling, he knows, “I experience a neither pleasant nor painful feeling”; when experiencing a pleasant worldly feeling, he knows, “I experience a pleasant worldly feeling”; when experiencing a pleasant spiritual feeling, he knows, “I experience a pleasant spiritual feeling”; when experiencing a painful worldly feeling, he knows, “I experience a painful worldly feeling”; when experiencing a painful spiritual feeling, he knows, “I experience a painful spiritual feeling”; when experiencing a neither pleasant nor painful worldly feeling, he knows, “I experience a neither pleasant nor painful worldly feeling”; when experiencing a neither pleasant nor painful spiritual feeling, he knows, “I experience a neither pleasant nor painful spiritual feeling.” Thus he lives contemplating feelings in feelings internally, or he lives contemplating feelings in feelings externally, or he lives contemplating feelings in feelings internally and externally. He lives contemplating origination-factors in feelings, or he lives contemplating dissolution-factors in feelings, or he lives contemplating origination-and-dissolution factors in feelings. Or his mindfulness is es...