Reply To: Goenka´s Vipassana

…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…

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)…