What is Contact ... ???

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Contact (Phassa) is the Meeting of three Phenomena!In dependence the eye and forms, visual consciousness arises...The meeting of these three phenomena, is Contact (phassa)... In dependence the ear and sounds, auditory consciousness arises... The meeting of these three phenomena, is Contact (phassa)... In dependence the nose and odours, olfactory consciousness arises... The meeting of these three phenomena, is Contact (phassa)... In dependence the tongue and flavours, gustatory consciousness arises... The meeting of these three phenomena, is Contact (phassa)... In dependence the body and touches, tactile consciousness arises... The meeting of these three phenomena, is Contact (phassa)... In dependence the mind and thoughts, mental consciousness arises... The meeting of these three phenomena, is Contact (phassa)... Conditioned by Contact, feeling comes to be. Conditioned by feeling, craving arises.Conditioned by craving, clinging emerges. Conditioned by clinging, becoming appears.Conditioned by becoming, rebirth happens. Conditioned by birth, ageing & death arrive!Such is the cause of this conditioned origin of that whole accumulation of suffering...!!!Conditioned by Contact, feeling arises. But by the complete stilling, fading all away and ceasing of that very same craving, comes the instantaneous cessation of clinging!The ending of clinging ceases becoming. The ending of becoming ceases any rebirth.The ending of birth ceases ageing, decay, sickness, death, sorrow, pain & much panic!That is the cause of the conditioned ceasing of this entire massive bulk of suffering...!!!

Comments:PS: Please not that there is no 'person', 'subject' or 'being' involved in any contact here!It is simply a simultaneous coincidence of three impersonal phenomena created by theright conditions being present at the same place at the same time then: Contact appears!The result of that contact is Feeling ... and - if unaware and untrained: Craving ...Craving is the cause of Suffering ... (2nd Noble Truth!!!)

See also: Diversity of Contacts http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Diversity_of_Contacts.htm

 

Source (edited excerpt):The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book II 74-5The section on Causation 12. Thread on Natika: 45. http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html

 

 

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