Reply To: Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind

…about in the fourth paragraph is “samphassa ja vedana”. That is not due to previous causes’.” I was talking in the context of kamma vipaka, meaning kamma done in previous…

Anicca – The Incessant Distress (“Pīḷana”)

…by such “mental suffering. That mental suffering is part of “samphassa-ja-vēdanā.” See “Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways.” In addition to direct ailments, other forms of suffering are associated with…

How Are Paṭicca Samuppāda Cycles Initiated?

…mind-made samphassa-jā-vedanā are generated depending on the person. For example, a teenager may like a heavy metal song, but his grandfather may not. See “Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā”…

Mental Aggregates

February 25, 2017 What Is Vedana (Feelings)? Vēdanā and Samphassa Jā Vēdanā – More Than Just Feelings Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event Does Bodily Pain…

Reply To: Tilakhanna III

@Akvan and @Siebe: The key here is understand the difference between vedana that arise due to kamma vipaka and “samphassa ja vedana“. An Arahant has those vedana of the first…

Four Noble Truths – Suffering and Its Elimination

…eliminated is called “samphassa ja vēdanā.” This is what leads to depression in some people. Here, “samphassa” is “san” + “phassa,” or “contact with one’s defilements (san)”; see, “What is…

Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

…imagined expectations to life, one engages in corrupted sensory contact, i.e., with raga, dosa, moha/avijja. phassa paccaya vedana: One experiences a “mind-made” sensory feeling (samphassa-ja-vedana). See, for example, “Vēdanā and…