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'''Sensation''' (Skt. ''vedanā''; Tib. [[ཚོར་བ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''tshor ba'', ''tsorwa'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[five ever-present mental states]]. Sensation is also the second of the [[five skandhas]] and the seventh of the [[twelve nidanas]].
'''Sensation''' (Skt. ''vedanā''; Tib. [[ཚོར་བ་]], ''tsorwa''; [[Wyl.]] ''tshor ba'') — one of the [[fifty-one mental states]] defined in [[Abhidharma]] literature. According to the ''[[Compendium of Abhidharma]]'', it belongs to the subgroup of the [[five ever-present mental states]]. Sensation is also the second of the [[five skandhas]] and the seventh of the [[twelve nidanas]].


==Definitions==
==Definitions==

Revision as of 10:32, 13 February 2018

Sensation (Skt. vedanā; Tib. ཚོར་བ་, tsorwa; Wyl. tshor ba) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five ever-present mental states. Sensation is also the second of the five skandhas and the seventh of the twelve nidanas.

Definitions

In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:

  • Tib. ཚོར་བ་ནི་ཉམས་སུ་མྱོང་བའི་མཚན་ཉིད་ཅན་ནོ།
  • Sensation has the characteristic of experience. (▷RIGPA)
  • Sensations are defined as impressions (Erik Pema Kunsang)

Alternative Translations

  • feeling (▷PKT, David Karma Choepel, Gyurme Dorje, Berzin)
  • feeling a level of happiness (Berzin)
  • feeling-tone (▷HVG)