Significance of Feeling
Synonyms: Emotion, Sensation, Sentiment, Perception, Awareness, Consciousness, Impression, Reaction, Response
In Finnish: Tunne; In Dutch: Gevoel; In Spanish: Sentimiento; In German: ³Ò±ð´Úü³ó±ô
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Buddhist concept of 'Feeling'
In Buddhism, Feeling (Vedana) is a key aspect of consciousness, arising from sensory contact and influencing craving. It encompasses emotional responses to stimuli, classified based on various contexts, and significantly impacts one's mental experience.
From: A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada
(1) The mental experience that arises from phassa, leading to craving.[1] (2) The immediate, raw experiences of pleasure and pain, also one of the five khandhas.[2] (3) The sensory experiences that arise in response to stimuli, influencing a person's emotional state.[3] (4) Feelings emerge from contact with six pleasant or unpleasant sense objects, leading to craving.[4]
From: A Manual of Abhidhamma
(1) Feeling is the immediate response to contact, experienced as pleasure, pain, or neutrality.[5]
From: Introducing Buddhist Abhidhamma
(1) The faculty involved in experiencing sensations that arise from contact, which all creatures are fundamentally immersed in.[6]
From: Patthana Dhamma
(1) Vedana, which perceives and registers emotional responses to sensory objects or experiences.[7]
From: Akshayamatinirdesha [english]
(1) This is one of the places that consciousness is involved with, representing an essential component of the experience.[8] (2) Feeling is considered as the experience of thoughts, categorized in multiple ways: inner and outer, past, future, and present experiences, also in relation to the elements, personality, sense-perception, consciousness, wrong practices, living beings, and bad actions, with the degree of perception and mental effort directly influencing it.[9]
From: Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
(1) Also referred to as Vedana, it is acknowledged as a significant aspect of the conscious experience addressed in the text.[10]
Hindu concept of 'Feeling'
In Hinduism, Feeling is viewed as a foundational element of experience and identity, surpassing conscious thought. It is one of the five groups, or vedanaskandha, essential for understanding personal existence.
From: Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya)
(1) Feeling is one of the five groups, also known as vedanaskandha, that constitute the inward world and form the basis of all personal existence.[11]
From: Shakti and Shakta
(1) Feeling is considered more fundamental than conscious thought and is deemed the primary raw material of experience and identity.[12]
Jain concept of 'Feeling'
In Jainism, Feeling is interpreted as the fundamental experience of pleasure or pain, which is influenced by Vedaniya karma, reflecting the emotional responses resulting from one's karmic conditions.
From: Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
(1) The basic experience of pleasure or pain through the Vedaniya karma.[13]
The concept of Feeling in local and regional sources
Feeling is described as an emotional state that transcends physical sensations in superconsciousness, and it is also fundamental to artistry, embodying the depth and meaning that defines music and creative expression.
From: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(1) Feeling is an emotional state or reaction, and the text states that we all feel freedom.[14] (2) An emotional state or reaction; when a man reaches the superconscious state, all of this of body melts away.[15] (3) Feeling serves as the core of all artistic endeavors, representing the essence and secret behind everything that gives music its depth and meaning.[16]