Reply To: Indriya bhavana/good deeds/ayatana

…example: -Phassa is just phassa, and not yet samphassa at this initial stage. -Sanna is not yet nicca/sukha/atta. -Vedana is neither amisa sukha nor amisa dukha. At this early stage,…

Reply To: Vipaka Sapa from Dhamma Loka

…vipaka. They are called “samphassa ja vedana”. They are also called “somanassa/domanassa vedana”. Arahant DO NOT experience those.” Say an arahant is served some tasty food. Would the arahant think…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…Lal has explained what this verse means above (#15237): “All types of vedana coming together to lead to each and all dhammā”. After learning things from puredhamma.net for a while…

Music and Distorted Saññā

Vedanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways I’m glad to read the post which deals with Samphassa-ja-vedana based on the analysis of distorted saññā. Because it solved my long-standing question. A…

Saññā

…immediately obvious. Because this Saññā is connected to the āramanna via Gati, Hadaya Vatthu, Vedanakkhandha, sankharakkhandha, Vinnanakkhandha. Which with countless Paṭicca Samuppāda cycles create the Saññākkhandha cluster where our Saññā…

Reply To: Bahuna Sutta – Unrestricted awareness?

…mind together with defilements. Obviously, the Buddha can see, hear, smell, etc., things in the external world. Similarly, vedanā, saññā, saṅkhāra, and viññāna DO NOT refer to all vedana (only…

Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts

…on: ajjhatta rupa, vedana, sanna, sankhara and vinnana XX vineyya rupa. ex) cakku vineyya rupa samphassa ja vedana (somanassa and domanassa) defiled and mind-made sensory input experiences bhava starts in…

Reply To: Compilation of my thoughts

…ayatana on: ajjhatta rupa, vedana, sanna, sankhara and vinnana XX vineyya rupa. ex) cakku vineyya rupa samphassa ja vedana (somanassa and domanassa) defiled and mind-made sensory input experiences bhava starts…

Reply To: Humble Feedback After 500 Days of Dhamma

…the ‘conditional aspect’ (‘paccayā‘) in Paṭicca Samuppāda. For example, the ‘vedanā paccayā taṇhā‘ step depends on the strength of the vedanā experienced. The strength of the vedanā (which is ‘samphassa-jā-vedanā‘)…