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Sunday, August 17, 2025

CH13: Saḷāyatana (Six Sense Bases)

 

CH13: Saḷāyatana (Six Sense Bases)

At-a-glance: Present Effect • Vipāka-vaṭṭa

A. Definition & place in DO

  • Saḷāyatana = the six sense bases that support experience (SN 12.2).

  • Six internal bases (ajjhattikāni āyatanāni): cakkhu (eye), sota (ear), ghāna (nose), jivhā (tongue), kāya (body), mano (mind).

  • Six external bases (bāhirāni): rūpā (forms), saddā (sounds), gandhā (odors), rasā (tastes), phoṭṭhabbā (tangibles), dhammā (ideas).

  • Placement (Ch02): Present Effect—conditioned by nāma-rūpa, and conditioning phassa → vedanā (SN 12.1).

  • Round (Ch03): Vipāka-vaṭṭa (result): the operating “gearbox” of experience, not yet wholesome/unwholesome in itself.

  • Teaching note: Bases are functional doorways, not owners or selves; they enable contact when object + base + matching consciousness meet.

B. Mechanism (how saḷāyatana conditions the next)

  • Viññāṇa → Nāma-rūpa → Saḷāyatana: once an episode is lit by knowing, name-and-form organizes; the doors come online for that encounter.

  • Saḷāyatana → Phassa: when a base meets its object with the appropriate consciousness, contact (phassa) occurs.

  • Onward flow: phassa → vedanā (felt tone) → at C2 the tilt to taṇhā can begin if unexamined.

  • Practice implication: refining door recognition slows reactivity and prepares precise attention at vedanā.

C. Practice (micro-drills, 1–3 minutes)

  1. Door Callout (60–90 sec)
    Let any stimulus arise; name one internal base + one external base once (e.g., “eye—form,” “ear—sound”). Stop before story. Feel the simplicity of the door pair.

  2. Contact Triangle (2 min)
    Choose a quick event (e.g., phone buzz). State the triangle aloud: “base—object—consciousness → phassa.” Then watch for vedanā and label its tone (pleasant/neutral/painful).

  3. Mind-Door Sweep (3 min)
    Sit quietly; for 3–5 arising ideas (dhammā), label “mano—dhamma.” Note the moment of contact, then the tone. If a lean begins, name “taṇhā,” soften jaw/chest/hands.

D. Cross-links

  • Ch11 Viññāṇa and Ch12 Nāma-rūpa (upstream setup).

  • Ch14 Phassa (immediate downstream condition).

  • Ch15 Vedanā (how tone arises at the door meeting).

  • Ch06 Three Connections (preparing for C2 after feeling).

Sources

SN 12.1; SN 12.2.

QR Footer (left → right)

  • Audio QR-CH13-AUD1 — “Six Doors in daily life.” (Alt: “QR to audio: saḷāyatana recognition practice”)

  • Video QR-CH13-VID1 — Base–Object–Consciousness → Contact. (Alt: “QR to video: phassa triangle demo”)

  • Slides QR-CH13-PPT1 — Internal & external bases chart. (Alt: “QR to slides: six bases teaching deck”)

  • Prompt QR-CH13-PRM1 — Mind-door sweep script. (Alt: “QR to prompt: mano–dhamma scan”)

Next: Ch14 — Phassa (Contact).

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