Niddesa (Brief Description) of Paṭicca Samuppāda

…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…

Reply To: 3 Kinds of Vedanā (Feelings)

…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…

Contamination of a Human Mind – Detailed Analysis

…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…

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. – See, “Vēdanā (Feelings) Arise in Two Ways” – Also see, “Difference…

Reply To: Vedana – What It Really Means

…personality or one’s advancement along the Path.” My thinking: Vedana starts off pure, not contaminated by tanha yet. At this stage vedana is not samphassa ja vedana yet. Questions: 1)…

Sakkāya Diṭṭhi and ‘Mind-Made Rūpa’

…consequences of being trapped in ‘mind-made pleasures’ arising from those ‘false perceptions.’ Based on such ‘mind-made pleasures’ (called ‘samphassa-jā-vedanā‘), we prefer to stay attached to such ‘false perceptions’ (‘viparita saññā‘)…

Cuti-Paṭisandhi – An Abhidhamma Description

…Thus, unless “phassa paccayā vēdanā” becomes “samphassa paccayā samphassa-jā-vēdanā,” PS will not proceed to the “taṇhā paccayā upādāna” step to grasp the new bhava. See “Dukkha Samudaya Starts With Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā.”…