Parent:: [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]], [[Namarupa|Nāmarūpa]] # Phassa (Contact) ## Phassa -> [[Vedana|Vedanā]] ![[MN148 Chachakkasutta#^6-vinnana-vedana]] ### Simile of Twigs > [!tip] Simile of sticks — In Dutiyaassutavāsutta ([SN12.62](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.62/en/sujato)) > When you **==rub two sticks together, heat is generated==** and fire is produced. But when you part the sticks and lay them aside, any **==corresponding heat ceases and stops==**. > > _Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dvinnaṁ kaṭṭhānaṁ saṅghaṭṭanasamodhānā usmā jāyati tejo abhinibbattati. Tesaṁyeva dvinnaṁ kaṭṭhānaṁ nānākatavinibbhogā yā tajjā usmā sā nirujjhati sā vūpasammati;_ > > In the same way, **pleasant feeling ==arises dependent on== a contact** to be experienced as pleasant. > _evameva kho, bhikkhave, **sukhavedaniyaṁ ==phassaṁ paṭicca uppajjati== sukhavedanā**._ > > With the **cessation of that contact** to be experienced as pleasant, the **corresponding pleasant feeling ==ceases== and ==stops==**. > > _Tasseva sukhavedaniyassa **==phassassa nirodhā==** yaṁ tajjaṁ vedayitaṁ **sukhavedaniyaṁ ==phassaṁ paṭicca uppannā== sukhavedanā sā ==nirujjhati== sā ==vūpasammati==** …pe…_ ^sticks-simile ## [[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))