Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…one needs to be mindful about “samphassa-ja-vedana” via defiled thoughts, as I explained in my first response to the comments by raj. – There, I gave references to read. –…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…bottom line is Vedananupassana is about “samphassa-ja-vedana.” – Trying to attach that to bodily vedana cannot be justified in any way. Of course, one can contemplate the anicca nature of…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

Sir, you are absolutely right when you say the instructors don’t know what is samphassa ja vedana, most of them don’t but there may be a few who do. I…

Reply To: Question on PañcaUpādānaKhandha …

…are fortunate to have Lal elaborate the uddesa versions of various verses and terms for us, such as: vipapka vedana vs samphassa ja vedana Mere saṅkhāra vs abhisaṅkhāra vipaka viññāṇa…

About Āsavakkhaya nana

I learned that Āsavakkhaya nana is abhiññā. Kāma Assāda Start with Phassa Paccayā Vedanā or Samphassa-Jā-Vedana “This is what the Buddha realized as the asavakkhaya nana, the way to get…

Reply To: Compilation of experience note

…mental suffering arises due to samphassa-jā-vedanā, which arises due to defiled gati. Arhant has removed all the defiled gati. To add to that, What actually happens is that, Vexed mind…

Reply To: Perceiving the sensual world

Lal: Even an Arahant tastes ice cream to be tasty/sweet. Can I clarify that the Arahant will not taste it to be pleasant but netural, because Samphassa-jā-Vedanā do not arise…

Satipaṭṭhāna Bhūmi – Free of Loka Saññā

…initial kāma rāga elevates to kāmacchanda, where the mind (still subconsciously) begins generating more sukha vedanā (known as “samphassa–jā–vedanā“), entering Step 3. If the mind proceeds to Step 3, potent…