The Central Conception of Buddhism and the Meaning of the Word "Dharma" c8.8

c8.8

¹ Three *dharmas* are engaged when this kind of sensation, sometimes translated as "contact", is produced: *trayāṇāṃ sannipātaḥ sparçaḥ* (*tiṇṇaṃ saṃgati phasso*): the consciousness (*citta*), the sense-organ, and the sense-object. Cf. below under theory of cognition.