Vedanā
| Translations of vedanā |
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|---|---|
| English | feeling, sensation, feeling-tone |
| Pali | वेदना (vedanā) |
| Sanskrit | वेदना (vedanā) |
| Burmese |
ဝေဒနာ (IPA: [wèdənà]) |
| Chinese | 受 (shòu) |
| Japanese | 受 (ju) |
| Korean | 수 (su) |
| Mon |
ဝေဒနာ ([wètənɛ̀a]) |
| Shan |
ဝူၺ်ႇတၼႃႇ ([woj2 ta1 naa2]) |
| Tibetan |
ཚོར་བ། (Wylie: tshor ba; THL: tsorwa) |
| Vietnamese | 受 (thụ, thọ) |
| Glossary of Buddhism | |
| Table: Uses of samādhi | |
|---|---|
| (based on AN IV.41) | |
| object of concentration |
development |
| four jhānas | pleasant abiding (sukha-vihārāya) in this life (diţţhadhamma) |
| perception (sañña) of light (āloka) |
knowing (ñāṇa) and seeing (dassana) |
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arising, passing, fading of feelings (vedanā), perceptions (saññā) and thoughts (vitakkā) |
mindfulness (sati) and clear comprehension (sampajaññā) |
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arising and fading of the five aggregates of clinging (pañc'upādāna-khandha) |
extinction (khaya) of the taints (āsava) [Arahantship] |
Vedanā (Pāli; Sanskrit) is a Buddhist term traditionally translated as either "feeling" or "sensation." In general, vedanā refers to the pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations that occur when our internal sense organs come into contact with external sense objects and the associated consciousness.
Vedanā is identified within the Buddhist teaching as follows:
In the context of the twelve links, craving for and attachment to vedanā leads to suffering; reciprocally, concentrated awareness and clear comprehension of vedanā can lead to Enlightenment and the extinction of the causes of suffering.
Bhikkhu Bodhi states:
Nina van Gorkom states:
The Abhidharma-samuccaya states:
Mipham Rinpoche states:
Alexander Berzin describes this mental factors as feeling (tshor-ba, Skt. vedanā) some level of happiness. He states:
Contemporary teachers Bhikkhu Bodhi and Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche clarify the relationship between vedanā (often translated as "feelings") and Western notions of "emotions."
Bhikkhu Bodhi writes:
Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche writes:
In general, the Pali canon describes vedanā in terms of three "modes" and six "classes." Some discourses discuss alternate enumerations including up to 108 kinds.
Throughout canonical discourses (Sutta Pitaka), the Buddha teaches that there are three modes of vedanā:
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