Reply To: What is dukkha dukkha?

It is better to say: Both dukha vedana (eg., an injury or cancer) and sukha vedana (eg. a good massage) arise due to kamma vipaka and are exhibited in the…

Reply To: Bahuna Sutta – Unrestricted awareness?

…same about vedana. However, do all vedana stop arising after attaining Arahanthood? Of course not. One must know enough to explain that “vedana” here refers ONLY to “samphassa-ja-vedana” or ‘mind-made…

Reply To: Vedana – What It Really Means

In order to be sure: –samphassa ja vedana is strictly mano sankhara. –samphassa ja vedana is not at all vaci sankhara(because vaci sankhara involves vitakka and vicara cetasika, and not…

Reply To: Feelings: Sukha, Dukha, Somanassa, and Domanassa

…somanassa vedana. It comes via “jivhanca paticca rasanca uppaddati jivha vinnanam“, “tinnan sangati phasso“, “phassa paccaya vedana“. The somanassa vedana is indeed produced by “samphassa with gati”. The gati in…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…these. The follow-up with “samphassa ja vedana” happens within a split second (based on our gathi). We do not have any control over that. – What we can do is…

Worldview of the Buddha

…Vipāka Viññāna How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana? Indriya Make Phassa and Ayatana Make Samphassa Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā”…

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…