Reply To: Vedanānupassanā and Cittānupassanā

1) Correct. – Note that somanassa/domanassa vedana arise due to “samphassa-ja-vedana” or “mind-made vedana”. – Once one starts understanding that things in this world are not worth pursuing, such “mind-made…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…in the “Living Dhamma” section: https://puredhamma.net/living-dhamma/what-is-vedana-feelings/vedana-what-it-really-means/ Jumping right to the end of the post, Lal summarized vēdanānupassanā as: • vipāka vēdanā needs to be experienced with upekkha. • Samphassa jā…

Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…(these reactions are samphassa-ja-vedana, which in my experience increase the unpleasantness of the initial pain) and is able to tolerate pain better, it is quite in alignment to what Lal…

Reply To: 3 Kinds of Vedanā (Feelings)

…– But if we get attached to that sukha vedana, we start generating “mind-made” or “samphassa-ja-vedana.” Those are “greedy thoughts” and can lead to dasa akusala by the mind, speech,…

Reply To: Kusala-Mula Paticca Samuppada

…salāyatana salāyatana paccayā samphassa samphassa paccayā samphassa-jā-vedanā samphassa-jā-vedanā paccayā taṇhā taṇhā paccayā upādāna upādāna paccayā bhava bhava paccayā jāti jāti paccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hotī”ti —————…

Paṭilōma Paṭicca Samuppāda – Key to Nibbāna

samphassa.” When those indriya are used as āyatana, one “makes contact with a defiled mind,” and that defiled contact is “samphassa” (“san” + “phassa“). This is discussed in “Difference between…

Vedana – What It Really Means

…My line of thinking: -As per MN44, vedana is in mano sankhara. Mano sankhara is defined as vedana and sanna “Assāsapassāsā kho, āvuso visākha, kāyasankhāro, vitakkavicārā vacīsankhāro, saññā ca vedanā…