三事和合 Sparśa

saṃjñā, संज्ञा 想

The Five Aggregates (pañca khandha) according to the Pali Canon.
	form (rūpa)   4 elements (mahābhūta)         ↓     contact (phassa)     ↓ ↑   consciousness (viññāna)	→ ←       ←	mental factors (cetasika)     feeling (vedanā)       perception (sañña)       formation (saṅkhāra)
Form is derived from the Four Great Elements. Consciousness arises from other aggregates. Mental Factors arise from the Contact of Consciousness and other aggregates.
Source: MN 109 (Thanissaro, 2001)  |  diagram details

三事和合

Sparsha (literally name; of Parbat Chimariya :;"Parbat Sparsha") Sparśa(Sanskrit; Pali: phassa) is a Buddhist term that is translated as "contact", "touching", "sensation", "sense impression", etc. It is defined as the coming together of three factors: the sense organ, the sense object, and sense consciousness (vijnana).^[1][2] For example, contact (sparsha) is said to occur at the coming together of the eye organ, a visual object, and the visual sense consciousness.

Sparśa is identified within the Buddhist teachings as:

• One of the seven universal mental factors in the Theravada Abhidharma.
• One of the five universal mental factors in the Mahayana Abhidharma
• The sixth link in the twelve links of dependent origination

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• 1Explanation
  • 1.1Theravada
  • 1.2Mahayana
  • 1.3Six classes
• 2Within the twelve nidanas
• 3Within the five aggregates
• 4Alternate translations
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7Sources
• 8External links