Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts

…that make up a citta vithi) Phassa actually happens at the pasada rupa –> hadaya vatthu, correct? If it is samphassa, then the cittā that arise are contaminated (in 9…

Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts

Phassa can be divided into neutral phassa and contaminated samphassa. Neutral phassa can only be experienced through indriya. With Abhidhamma, we can deal with this in finer level. Because Abhidhamma…

Post on Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)

Please see #1 in Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā): …we first categorized vedanā into two types: vipāka vedanā (sukha, dukkha, and adukkhamasukha vedanā) and samphassa-jā-vedanā (somanassa and domanassa…

Reply To: Question on PañcaUpādānaKhandha …

…are fortunate to have Lal elaborate the uddesa versions of various verses and terms for us, such as: vipapka vedana vs samphassa ja vedana Mere saṅkhāra vs abhisaṅkhāra vipaka viññāṇa…

Concepts of Upādāna and Upādānakkhandha

April 3, 2021 Important concepts of upādāna and upādānakkhandha are discussed in this subsection: Loka Sutta – Origin and Cessation of the World Dukkha Samudaya Starts With Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā Key Steps…

Reply To: Question on PañcaUpādānaKhandha …

Is it correct to think of pañcupādānakkhandhā in the following way: pañcupādānakkhandhā is pañcakkhandha such that: vedanākkhandha comprises samphassa ja vedanā, saññākkhandha comprises avijja, or saññā of nicca, sukha, atta,…

Reply To: The Six Sextets

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

Reply To: The Six Sextets

…“indriya” (see Indriya and Āyatana – Big Difference), then the “contact” becomes samphassa (contact with defilement [san added]) and would be an akusala thought giving rise to the “feeling as…