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…

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…

New / Revised Posts

…Rupa) and Nāmagotta (Memories) – 5/20/23 (with chart #14) Anuseti – How Anusaya Grows with Saṅkhāra – 5/13/23 (with chart #13) Difference between Phassa and Samphassa – 5/7/23 (with new…