Friends:

                 Feeling (Vedanã): Causes & Effects:

                       Definitions:

There is Pleasant Feeling = mental gladness & bodily pleasure.

There is Painful Feeling = mental sadness & bodily pain.

There is neither Pleasant nor Painful Feeling = neutral indifference.

 

                                    Dynamics:

Pleasant Feeling is agreeable when arising, yet disagreeable when ceasing!

Painful Feeling is disagreeable when arising, yet agreeable when ceasing!

Neutral Feeling is quite agreeable, when one is aware of its presence,

yet quite dull & disagreeable, when one is unaware of its presence!

 

                                    Side-Effects:

If Unaware, Pleasant Feeling will inevitably cause the arising of Desire & Craving!

If Aware, Pleasant Feeling will not cause the arising of neither Desire nor Craving!

If Unaware, Painful Feeling will inevitably cause the arising of Aversion & Anger.

If Aware, Painful Feeling will not cause the arising of neither Aversion nor Anger.

If Unaware, Neutral Feeling will inevitably cause the arising of Neglect & Ignorance.

If Aware, Neutral Feeling will not cause arising of neither Neglect nor Ignorance.

 

                                    Near Causes:

The Cause of Feeling is Contact: Eye-contact, Ear-contact, Nose-contact,

Tongue-contact, Body-contact or Mental-contact. At the momentary ceasing

of Contact, the associated feeling also instantly ceases.

 

                                    Effects:

The Effect of the phenomena Feeling is -in the case- of Unawareness:

Craving towards the object = Attraction, when the feeling is pleasant.

Craving away from the object = Repulsion, when the feeling is painful.

Craving towards 'other' than object = neglect, when the feeling is neutral.

 

                                    Characteristics:

Feeling is -as everything else- that is conditioned & constructed:

Transient, impermanent, passing, unkeepable, & unmaintainable.

Dissatisfactory, disappointing, frustrating, painful, & miserable.

Impersonal, selfless, ownerless, & not-Me-nor-I-nor-Mine-nor-Self.

                                   

                                    Paradox:

There is this changing phenomena Feeling, yet there is no Feeler...

 

                                    Buddha said:

                Everything converges on this Feeling...

More on Feeling:
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Three_Basic_Kinds_of_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_8_Aspects_of_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Bodily_and_Mental_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Detached_from_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Dependent_on_Contact.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Focusing_on_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/III/Analysis_of_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_108_Feelings.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Emotional_Storm.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/Latent_Feeling.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Five_Feelings.htm

 
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