Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana
Mr. Goenka teaches the students to practice samphassa-ja-vedana in ones daily activities. The meditation prepares one for the daily encounters in life. He says when we have an encounter with…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
Mr. Goenka teaches the students to practice samphassa-ja-vedana in ones daily activities. The meditation prepares one for the daily encounters in life. He says when we have an encounter with…
OK, Raj. Did they teach “samphassa-ja-vedana”?…
…bottom line is Vedananupassana is about “samphassa-ja-vedana.” – Trying to attach that to bodily vedana cannot be justified in any way. Of course, one can contemplate the anicca nature of…
…one needs to be mindful about “samphassa-ja-vedana” via defiled thoughts, as I explained in my first response to the comments by raj. – There, I gave references to read. –…
…now, I’m thinking that “vedanā” in this verse means samphassa-ja vedanā, not sukha and dukkha vedanā. Is that correct? For me, noting bodily sensations does have one benefit: it calms…
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…
…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,…
…even kamma vipaka of significance during lifetimes (like getting injured). Thre following post and other posts referred to there can provide more information: “Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in…
…Dukkha Dukkha is from Vedana that arises in two ways. One from mentally (samphassa ja-vedana, my gati,asava’s getting attached) and another physically (such as physical ailments, pain). I know Lal…
…I presume to be Samphassa-ja-vedana arises and “turns”, cycling between intense dukkha vedana and intense sukha vedana based on the “phase” of the wave. Involuntary kaya-sankhara can show up at…