January 4, 2025 at 7:21 pm
#53148
Keymaster
“Should it be ṭhitassa aññathattaṁ (subjected to unexpected change) instead? As written in point 7 of Vipallāsa (Diṭṭhi, Saññā, Citta) Affect Saṅkhāra?”
- There are two ways to interpret “ṭhitassa aññathattaṁ.” (i) One is the “mundane meaning,” where it refers to the “decay of the sankhata” (for example, anything in the external world decays and is destroyed). (ii) The other meaning is deeper, where it refers to the “dhammā” (or the kamma bija) created by the mind with abhisankhara (which leads to such external entities like a person or a tree). Bullet #7 in the post “Vipallāsa (Diṭṭhi, Saññā, Citta) Affect Saṅkhāra?” refers to the first.
- In the just revised post “Introduction -2 – The Three Categories of Suffering” I tried to explain that to some extent.
- The deeper meaning is explained in the post “Aniccaṁ Vipariṇāmi Aññathābhāvi – A Critical Verse.”
“Also, where can we categorize the suffering from “tāpa” or “heat in mind.” – is it under sankhara dukkha?”
- Yes. It is under sankhara dukkha. The mind gets stressed while generating abhisankhara (with raga, dosa, moha), even if we may not realize it. But we can definitely feel it when getting angry.
“Also, does samphassa-jā-dukkha vedanā fall under dukkha dukkha? For example, hearing ourselves getting scolded.”
- No. Samphassa-jā-dukkha vedanā is created by the mind. So, it should come under sankhara dukkha.
- Dukkha dukkha is mainly “vipaka” coming to the physical body. However, based on that, we also generate samphassa-jā-dukkha vedanā (in the mind).
- So, this categorization is not very clear-cut.