Atta – Two Very Different Meanings

…Yampidaṃ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṃ sukhaṃ vā dukkhaṃ vā adukkhamasukhaṃ vā tampi anattā; tatra te chando pahātabbo …” Translated: “The eye, sights, eye-consciousness, and eye “san-contact” (samphassa) are without essence: you…

Reply To: Vitakkasanthana sutta

samphassa-ja-vedana. See, “Dukkha Samudaya Starts With Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā” – That is when we start acting with avijja, i.e., that is when we start doing (abhi) sankhara with “avijja paccaya sankhara”. 3….

Asanna realm

…“puts together a citta” by automatically incorporating other relevant cetasika according to one’s “gati.” Ekaggata is the salient factor in Samādhi. Consciousness cannot arise without phassa. Note that samphassa differs…

Reply To: Paccaya

…is. Therefore, the paccaya in the ‘samphassa paccaya samphassa-jā-vedanā’ step is the certain types of anusaya or sangati corresponding to the given ārammaṇa. Is it okay to understand like this?…

Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

samphassa ja vedana, tanha, and upadana. On the other hand, “bhava paccaya jati” emphasizes the consequences that follow bhava. This leads to jati paccaya jara maranam soka parideva dukkha domanassam…

Reply To: About Jati and Ayatana

…mind. This leads to samphassa, samphassa ja vedana, tanha, and upadana. On the other hand, “bhava paccaya jati” emphasizes the sequences that follow bhava. This leads to jati paccaya jara…