Reply To: Buddha Dhamma for an Inquiring Mind
…due to previous causes. Once one attains Arahanthood, “samphassa ja vedana” is stopped too; see, “Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways“. Of course “samphassa ja vedana” includes elation or “mental…
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…due to previous causes. Once one attains Arahanthood, “samphassa ja vedana” is stopped too; see, “Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways“. Of course “samphassa ja vedana” includes elation or “mental…
…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…
Thank you, Lal. So, we don’t attach to “distorted sanna“, but to samphassa-ja-vedana right? Thus, “distorted sanna –> samphassa-ja-vedana –> tanha“ There is always the samphassa-ja-vedana in between, and not…
…may not realize it. But we can definitely feel it when getting angry. “Also, does samphassa-jā-dukkha vedanā fall under dukkha dukkha? For example, hearing ourselves getting scolded.” No. Samphassa-jā-dukkha vedanā…
…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…
…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”…
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…
@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…
…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…
…a deeper level.” So, attachment is really attachment to a vedana, and I can see that via paticca samuppada (the niddesa version): …salayatana paccaya samphassa-ja-vedana, samphassa-ja-vedana paccaya tanha … …