A Quest to Recover Buddha's True Teachings
…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‘) which…
…‘samphassa-jā-vedanā,’ saññā means the ‘distorted perception.’ Based on that attachment, the mind generates various types of (abhi)saṅkhāra, leading to the defiled viññāṇa. (Note that the sequence in Paṭicca Samuppāda can…
…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.”…
…samphassa cease samphassa-jā-vedanā cease; when samphassa-jā-vedanā cease taṇhā cease; when taṇhā cease upādāna cease; when upādāna cease bhava cease; when bhava cease jāti cease; when jāti cease jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā cease….
…mind would attach to the wallet with samphassa (generating rāga and moha), leading to ‘samphassa-jā-vedanā.’ He is now generating vaci saṅkhāra (vitakka, vicāra) and assessing the situation. There is no…
…(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 due to…
…a favorite drink or a favorite person to chat with, etc. Here instead of phassa, it is (more appropriately) called “samphassa” (= “san” + “phassa“), where “san” implies it is…
…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…
…teenager becomes interested in the song and becomes attached to it (via “paṭi + icca“) because it matches his gati. Then comes the next line: (iii). “Samphassa jā vēdanā” (this…
…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….