फस्स
Phassa
Contact / Sense-impression
觸
Grammar 語法
masculine noun (a-stem): from phusati (to touch)
Definition 釋義
Contact — the meeting of three factors: sense organ, sense object, and sense consciousness. Phassa is the sixth link of Dependent Origination (after the six sense bases, saḷāyatana). It is defined as the 'meeting' (saṅgati) of the three. From phassa arises vedanā (feeling-tone). In the Abhidhamma, phassa is one of the seven universal mental factors (sabbacittasādhāraṇa cetasika) present in every moment of consciousness. The close observation of phassa — the bare moment of contact before reaction — is a critical practice instruction in Vipassanā.
Canonical Example 典籍例句
Saḷāyatanapaccayā phasso; phassapaccayā vedanā.
With the six sense-bases as condition, contact [arises]; with contact as condition, feeling [arises].
Source: SN 12.1 (Standard formula)
At a Glance
- Pali
- Phassa
- IAST
- Sparśa
- Devanagari
- फस्स
- Chinese
- 觸
- Difficulty
- intermediate
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