August 22, 2024 at 11:43 am
#51544
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Lal: Even an Arahant tastes ice cream to be tasty/sweet.
Can I clarify that the Arahant will not taste it to be pleasant but netural, because Samphassa-jā-Vedanā do not arise in an Arahant, and Vedanā from sensory inputs other than touch are neutral? That means he would react the same towards ice cream and rotten meat (if it had to be eaten), but he would taste ice cream as sweet and rotten meat as sour, just that he does not find them pleasant or unpleasant.