Parent:: [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]], [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] # Phassa (Contact) ## Phassa -> [[Vedana|Vedanā]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ## [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] -> Phassa ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^namarupa-paccaya-phassa]] ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^adhivacana-patigha-samphassa]] ## Samphassa is Dukkha ![[MN75 Māgaṇḍiyasutta#^dukkha-samphassa-skha-viparitasanna]] ## Phassa is a Bridge! > [!NOTE] [[Phassa|Contact]] is the Bridge, weaved by [[Tanha|Craving]]!! — In Majjhesutta ([AN6.61](https://suttacentral.net/an6.61/en/sujato)) > “**Contact**, mendicants, **is one end**. The **origin of contact** is the **second end**. The **cessation of contact** is the **middle**. And **craving** is the **seamstress**, > > _“**phasso** kho, bhikkhave, eko anto, **phassasamudayo** dutiyo anto, **phassanirodho** majjhe, **taṇhā** sibbinī;_ > > for **==craving==** **==weaves==** one to being reborn in **one state of existence or another**. > _**==taṇhā==** hi naṁ **==sibbati==** tassa tasseva **bhavassa abhinibbattiyā**._ ## Video - (Clip) How do we see the "touch" in breathing? ([Youtube](https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxwWMJ0Bb2TQLpr2jaqg_YFmEgUk1_O_F_?si=uc4OQnbbjjIU4NTG)) ## Suttas - [[DN15 Mahānidānasutta]] - MN148 Chachakkasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn148/en/sujato)) - MN18 Madhupiṇḍikasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/mn18/en/sujato))