CH14: Phassa (Contact)
CH14: Phassa (Contact)
At-a-glance: Present Effect • Vipāka-vaṭṭa
A. Definition & place in DO
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Phassa = the contact when a sense base meets a sense object with the appropriate consciousness (SN 12.2).
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Six contacts (SN 12.2): cakkhu-samphassa (eye-contact), sota-, ghāna-, jivhā-, kāya-, mano-samphassa (mind-contact).
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Placement (Ch02): Present Effect—conditioned by saḷāyatana and conditioning vedanā (SN 12.1).
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Round (Ch03): Vipāka-vaṭṭa (result): merely the meeting; not yet wholesome/unwholesome.
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Function: sets the timing for feeling; without contact, no feeling arises.
B. Mechanism (how contact conditions the next)
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Saḷāyatana → Phassa: a door “comes online”; object appears; matching consciousness is present → contact happens.
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Phassa → Vedanā: contact conditions the hedonic tone (pleasant / painful / neither).
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Practice hinge: because C2 (vedanā → taṇhā) follows immediately, clean recognition of contact buys the half-second needed to prevent craving.
C. Practice (micro-drills, 1–3 minutes)
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Triangle Whisper (60–90 sec)
At the next stimulus, whisper the triangle once: “base — object — consciousness → contact.” Stop. Feel how simple the event is before tone/story.
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Door Pairing (2 min)
For three everyday moments, name the pair out loud: “ear—sound,” “eye—form,” “mind—idea.” Then add one word: “contact.” Notice how vedanā appears after this naming.
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Contact-to-Feeling Delay (3 min)
Choose a frequent trigger (notification/itch). When it fires, count one slow breath labeling “contact,” then label the feeling tone. This inserts space before taṇhā can form.
D. Cross-links
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Ch13 Saḷāyatana (doors that enable contact).
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Ch15 Vedanā (tone conditioned by contact; six feelings).
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Ch06 Three Connections (pre-C2 positioning).
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Ch21 Khandha Present-Aspect flow (seeing contact live at the doors).
Sources
SN 12.1; SN 12.2.
QR Footer (left → right)
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Audio QR-CH14-AUD1 — “Contact Triangle: base–object–consciousness.” (Alt: “QR to audio: guided phassa drill”)
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Video QR-CH14-VID1 — Catching contact before tone. (Alt: “QR to video: phassa timing demo”)
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Slides QR-CH14-PPT1 — Six contacts chart + triangle. (Alt: “QR to slides: phassa teaching deck”)
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Prompt QR-CH14-PRM1 — Contact→Feeling Delay script. (Alt: “QR to prompt: insert one-breath space”)
Next: Ch15 — Vedanā (Feeling).
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