Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c18.s5.t2: (6) Phassa or contact
Early Monastic Buddhism v1.c18.s5.t2
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(6) Phassa or contact
v1.c18.s5.t2.1
There are as many kinds of phassa (contact) as there are āyatanas, that is, six. Phasso appears as a result of the āyatanas taking their own course of evolution (sakasantati-pariyāpannam).⁴ The only point to be remembered is that phasso is put in the singular number as it is only one though there may be more than one sense-organ functioning, but one form of phasso is limited to one āyatana. The āyatanas are related to phasso in six or nine ways.⁵ The phasso can also be sub-divided like viññāṇa into thirty-two kinds.⁶
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⁴ Ibid., p. 565.
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⁵ Ibid., p. 566.
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⁶ Ibid., p. 565.
Cites (1)
- Visuddhimagga — Buddhaghosa, Pāli