Sensation
Sensation (Skt. vedanā; Tib. ཚོར་བ་, tsorwa, Wyl. tshor ba) is the second of the five skandhas.
In Abhidharma literature, sensation also appears in the list of fifty-one mental states, in the subgroup of five ever-present mental states.
Sensation also appears seventh in the list of the twelve nidanas.
Definitions
In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche writes:
- 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)
Subdivisions
Sensations linked to the five sense faculties can be either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral, making a total of 15 types of sensations. When pleasant, unpleasant and neutral mental sensations are added, that makes 18 types of potential sensations.