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)…

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.”…

Avyākata Paṭicca Samuppāda for Vipāka Viññāṇa

…Assāda Start with Phassa Paccayā Vedanā or Samphassa Ja Vedanā,” and has been discussed more fundamentally in the subsection: Living Dhamma – Fundamentals.” Grasping this cyclic process of traversing this…

Anicca Nature, the First Noble Truth, and Paṭicca Samuppāda

…of Sansāra (or Saṃsāra).” Immediately the mind goes through the “samphassa paccayā samphassa-jā-vedanā” step, which is usually stated as “phassa paccayā vedanā.” This “samphassa-jā-vedanā” is a MIND-MADE vedanā that arises…

Ānapānasati Eliminates Mental Stress Permanently

…lead to contact with “san” (his greed towards the girl and hate towards Y), via “salāyatana paccayā (san)phassa” or “salāyatana paccayā samphassa“. That invariably leads to the next step: “samphassa

Is Cakkhu Viññāṇa Free of Defilements?

…step in the Chachakka Sutta is “tiṇṇaṁ saṅgati phasso.” In the above chart, that step corresponds to “samphassa with rāga, dosa, or moha” occurring with kāma guna arising in mind….

What Is Vedana (Feelings)?

February 18, 2017 Vedana – What It Really Means (replaced with “Vedanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā – More Than Just Feelings”) Vēdanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vēdanā – More Than Just Feelings Does Bodily Pain…