February 2, 2025 at 6:47 am
#53419
Keymaster
Yes. Arahants feel physical suffering but not mental. For example, they will feel the pain of an injury; however, unlike a puthujjana, they will not keep worrying about it and generate domanassa vedana, which is mind-made.
- But they will also feel “distorted saññā,” like the yucky taste of rotten food or the unpleasant smell of feces. Again, they will not worry about it generating domanassa vedana. They fully understand that such “distorted saññā” will arise as long as they have the human physical body.