Overview

Immediately following Contact (Phassa), the mind experiences Feeling (Vedanā). While feeling is usually divided by its tone (pleasant, painful, neutral), it is also categorized structurally by the sense door from which it was born. Meditators must recognize that a physical pain (body-door) and mental anguish (mind-door) are distinct phenomena.

The List

  1. Cakkhusamphassajā vedanā - Feeling born of eye-contact.
  2. Sotasamphassajā vedanā - Feeling born of ear-contact.
  3. Ghānasamphassajā vedanā - Feeling born of nose-contact.
  4. Jivhāsamphassajā vedanā - Feeling born of tongue-contact.
  5. Kāyasamphassajā vedanā - Feeling born of body-contact.
  6. Manosamphassajā vedanā - Feeling born of mind-contact.

Textual References

  • Canonical: Mahānidāna Sutta (DN 15) – The Buddha traces the chain of dependent origination backward, showing that craving arises precisely because of these six classes of feeling, which arise due to contact.

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