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…
A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…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…
…“get together” (paṭicca), cakkhu viññāṇa arises. Then contact with “san” (samphassa or “san” + “phassa“) happens due to one’s saṅgati (“san” + “gati“). As a result, “samphassa-jā-vedanā” arises; with samphassa-jā-vedanā…
“Aniccaṁ vipariṇāmi aññathābhāvi” is a verse that succinctly states the unfruitfulness of pursuing sensory pleasures. Understanding its true meaning can get one to the Sotapanna stage of Nibbāna. September 22,…
…meaning it was “created (in mind) with a defiled cakkhu viññāna.” An Arahant‘s mind does not create this rupa. This is also the “samphassa” stage. That “samphassa” then leads to“samphassa-jā-vedanā”…
Lang wrote: “So, attachment is really attachment to a vedana, and I can see that via paticca samuppada (the niddesa version): …salayatana paccaya samphassa-ja-vedana, samphassa-ja-vedana paccaya tanha …” Yes. Attachment…
…is a complete misunderstanding of Chachaka sutta AND vedananupassana in Satipatthana bhavana. Chachaka sutta MN 148 is about samphassa, samphassa-ja-vedana, and how those lead to attachment to sensory inputs and…
…viññāṇa cease; when kamma viññāṇa cease nāmarūpa cease; when nāmarūpa cease saḷāyatana cease; when saḷāyatana cease samphassa cease; when samphassa cease samphassa-jā-vedanā cease; when samphassa-jā-vedanā cease taṇhā cease; when taṇhā…
…comprehending Four Noble Truths/Tilakkhana/Paticca Samuppada (PS), we will start seeing that attaching to sukha vedana can lead to future suffering. That leads to somanassa vedana type of samphassa-ja-vedana and we…
…attach to them. See “Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event” and specifically #11 onward. As pointed out in that post, the following sutta specifically used sārīrika…
…vipaka. They are called “samphassa ja vedana”. They are also called “somanassa/domanassa vedana”. Arahant DO NOT experience those. – See, “Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways” – Also see, “Difference…