Reply To: Vedana – What It Really Means

…personality or one’s advancement along the Path.” My thinking: Vedana starts off pure, not contaminated by tanha yet. At this stage vedana is not samphassa ja vedana yet. Questions: 1)…

Reply To: Vipaka Sapa from Dhamma Loka

…vipaka. They are called “samphassa ja vedana”. They are also called “somanassa/domanassa vedana”. Arahant DO NOT experience those.” Say an arahant is served some tasty food. Would the arahant think…

Aṭṭha Purisa Puggalā- Eight Noble Persons

…rūpa, viññāṇa, samphassa, samphassajā vedanā, rūpasaññā, rūpasañcetanā, rūpataṇhā, dhātu, and the five types of khandha (i.e., pancakkhandha). Time Limits for other Noble Persons to Attain Arahanthood 7. The time limits…

Reply To: Indriya bhavana/good deeds/ayatana

…example: -Phassa is just phassa, and not yet samphassa at this initial stage. -Sanna is not yet nicca/sukha/atta. -Vedana is neither amisa sukha nor amisa dukha. At this early stage,…

Reply To: The Six Sextets

M 148 Chachakka Sutta (and “contact”) are also discussed in the post: “Difference between Phassa and Samphassa“….