~Feeling-tone (vedana)
Feeling-tone (vedana in Pali) is the quality of pleasantness
or unpleasantness that we experience whenever we see, hear, touch,
smell, taste, or think.
Feeling-tone can also be neither pleasant nor unpleasant but somewhere
in-between ("neutral").
Our practice is to be
aware of pleasant feelings without desperately trying to make
them last when they go away. Our practice is also to be aware
of unpleasant feelings without struggling to get rid of them when
they come. We can also learn to be aware of neutral feelings without
being bored or restless.
Letting feelings come and go by themselves and simply staying
aware of them without getting caught up in them, we weaken the
forces of greed, hatred, and delusion that are the causes of all
suffering.
Our practice then leads directly to an abiding happiness and peace.
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