Reply To: Question on PañcaUpādānaKhandha …

…be of course salayatana. Giving samphassa. #2 Mind made viññana = kammā viññana Mind made vēdanā = samphassa-jā-vēdanā Mind made saññā = (?) I don’t know. Again guess would be…

New / Revised Posts

…#14) Anuseti – How Anusaya Grows with Saṅkhāra – 5/13/23 (with chart #13) Difference between Phassa and Samphassa – 5/7/23 (with new chart #12) Salāyatana Are Not Sense Faculties –…

Reply To: Question on Dukkha Vedana

…Yes. All mental dukkha vedana (domanassa vedana) are mind-made or smphassa-ja-vedana. By the way, the steps in the Paticca Samuppada need to be understood in this wider context. The “uddesa”…

Reply To: Perceiving the sensual world

…(including “mind-made vedanā”) are discussed in many posts : For example, “Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?” and “Vēdanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vēdanā – More Than Just Feelings.”  …

Dasa Māra Senā (Mārasenā) – Ten Defilements

…as the mind continues to create “mind-made vedanā” (the same as “samphassa-jā-vedanā“; the same as vedanā upādānakkhandha), the “birth/death cycle” of the rebirth process will not end! Similarly, for attaching…

Kāma Rāga Dominates Rupa Rāga and Arupa Rāga

…complete with those “mind-made vedanā” or “samphassa-jā-vedanā.” Even though the same “initial saññā” arise in Arahants, their minds don’t attach and don’t generate somanassa or domanassa vedanā. Therefore, kāma guṇa…

Reply To: Perceiving the sensual world

…ice cream, they generate samphassa-ja-vedana based on that craving. See, for example, #9 of “Saññā – All Our Thoughts Arise With “Distorted Saññā” Of course, read the whole post to…