1. I did not see Lang’s added comments.
- Yes. That sequence is correct.
- Usually, a mind does not stop at the cakkhu viññāṇa stage for a puthujjana. But the mind can be stopped there by a Sotapanna who is cultivating Satipaṭṭhāna. That process involves stopping ‘new kamma‘ in the ‘nava kamma‘ stage first. I will write more about that in the next post.
- Up to now, I have tried to explain how the mind of a puthujjana gets increasingly attached to sensory inputs. They attach to ALL sensory inputs, but some do not go past the second step in the ‘purana kamma‘ stage (which I discussed in today’s post linked below).
2. Hopefully, the new post I just posted can further clarify the concepts involved: “Taṇhā – Saññā Leading to Mind-Made Vedanā.”
- Feel free to ask questions on any post.
P.S. Lang wrote: “In one of my previous responses, I said I had trouble with the phrase “attaching to kāma saññā”. I had thought of “attaching” as tanha as in “… (samphassa-ja) vedana paccaya tanha.”
- The answer is in today’s post. Tanha happens in the second step in the ‘purana kamma‘ stage.