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**exeftWabreava** · 10-27-2011, 10:56 PM

Hello all,

I am through the Nibbedhika Sutta (AN 6.63) and along this teaching the Buddha, constantly states that "contact" is the cause bye which sensuality comes into play.

After this, the Buddha states that from the cessation of "contact" is the cessation of sensuality... of the cessation of feeling... of perception... of kamma...

For this ones is the cessation of "contact" the way that leads to the cessation of sensuality, feeling, perception and kamma.

After this, the Buddha then gives the prescription of the Eightfold Noble Path:

"And what is the cessation of sensuality? From the cessation of contact is the cessation of sensuality; and just this noble eightfold path — right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration — is the way leading to the cessation of sensuality. "And what is the cessation of feeling? From the cessation of contact is the cessation of feeling; and just this noble eightfold path — right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration — is the way leading to the cessation of feeling. So, two questions arise:

What is meant by "contact" here?

How can I understand -and thus realize- the cessation of feeling through "contact". We are constantly exposed to environmental stimulation and thus "to feel" is impossible to stop or not to have "contact" with our surroundings.

"There are these three kinds of feeling: a feeling of pleasure, a feeling of pain, & feeling of neither pleasure nor pain. Is feeling here the same as emotional reactions?

How can feeling of pain can be ceased? I can understand that this is possible for mental stress but I think it is not the case for physical pain.

Anyway, help is needed...

10-27-2011, 10:56 PM	#1
exeftWabreava Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 563 Senior Member	Contact Hello all, I am through the Nibbedhika Sutta (AN 6.63) and along this teaching the Buddha, constantly states that "contact" is the cause bye which sensuality comes into play. After this, the Buddha states that from the cessation of "contact" is the cessation of sensuality... of the cessation of feeling... of perception... of kamma... For this ones is the cessation of "contact" the way that leads to the cessation of sensuality, feeling, perception and kamma. After this, the Buddha then gives the prescription of the Eightfold Noble Path: "And what is the cessation of sensuality? From the cessation of contact is the cessation of sensuality; and just this noble eightfold path — right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration — is the way leading to the cessation of sensuality. "And what is the cessation of feeling? From the cessation of contact is the cessation of feeling; and just this noble eightfold path — right view, right resolve, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right concentration — is the way leading to the cessation of feeling. So, two questions arise: What is meant by "contact" here? How can I understand -and thus realize- the cessation of feeling through "contact". We are constantly exposed to environmental stimulation and thus "to feel" is impossible to stop or not to have "contact" with our surroundings. "There are these three kinds of feeling: a feeling of pleasure, a feeling of pain, & feeling of neither pleasure nor pain. Is feeling here the same as emotional reactions? How can feeling of pain can be ceased? I can understand that this is possible for mental stress but I think it is not the case for physical pain. Anyway, help is needed...
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