Significance of Feeling
Synonyms: Emotion, Sensation, Sentiment, Perception, Awareness, Consciousness, Impression, Reaction, Response, Affect
In Finnish: Tunne; In French: Sentiment; In Dutch: Gevoel; In Spanish: Sentimiento; In German: Gefühl; In Swedish: Känsla; In Malay: Perasaan; In Italian: Sensazione; In Polish: Uczucie; In Portugese: Sentimento
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Buddhist concept of 'Feeling'
In Buddhism, Feeling (Vedana) encompasses emotional responses to sensory experiences, categorized by inner/outer and time. It's the immediate reaction to contact, categorized as pleasure, pain, or neutrality, and a core aspect of consciousness. It influences craving and is a stage in the life cycle.
From: A Discourse on Paticcasamuppada
(1) This is the endpoint of the anterior life cycle, as described by the doctrine, and it is a stage in the progression.[1] (2) The mental experience that arises from phassa, leading to craving.[2] (3) The immediate, raw experiences of pleasure and pain, also one of the five khandhas.[3] (4) The sensory experiences that arise in response to stimuli, influencing a person's emotional state.[4] (5) Feelings emerge from contact with six pleasant or unpleasant sense objects, leading to craving.[5]
From: A Manual of Abhidhamma
(1) Feeling, also known as vedana, is a mental state common to all types of consciousness, and there are three kinds of feelings: somanassa (pleasurable), domanassa (displeasurable), and upekkha (indifferent).[6] (2) It is one of the factors used in the classification of the consciousness and mental states in the context.[7] (3) Feeling is an essential property of every consciousness. It may be pleasurable painful, or neutral.[8] (4) Feeling is the immediate response to contact, experienced as pleasure, pain, or neutrality.[9]
From: Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification)
(1) It is seen as empty, vain, not-self, and lacking an overlord, incapable of being made into what one wants, and insusceptible to the exercise of mastery.[10] (2) Within the context of dependent origination, feeling serves as a condition for craving, where individuals develop affection and honor those who provide pleasurable experiences, like visible data, and it is important to note that all three feelings can be conditions for all kinds of craving.[11] (3) This arises with contact as a condition and is categorized based on the door through which contact occurs.[12] (4) The same method applies to this concept, and so on, in terms of being impermanent, formed, dependently arisen, and subject to cessation.[13]
From: Abhidhamma in Daily Life
(1) Feeling, also known as vedana, is a cetasika which arises with every citta and has the function of feeling, sometimes pleasant, sometimes unpleasant, and sometimes neutral or indifferent.[14] (2) A mental phenomenon classified as one of the five aggregates, comprising all kinds of feeling and classified in different ways such as threefold (pleasant, unpleasant, neutral) or fivefold.[15] (3) A sensation that arises through mind-contact, whether pleasant, unpleasant, or indifferent, and is identified as a specific condition.[16]
From: Introducing Buddhist Abhidhamma
(1) The faculty involved in experiencing sensations that arise from contact, which all creatures are fundamentally immersed in.[17]
From: Patthana Dhamma
(1) Vedana, which perceives and registers emotional responses to sensory objects or experiences.[18]
From: Vinaya Pitaka (3): Khandhaka
(1) This is conditioned by awareness and conditions craving, as part of the causal uprising that the Lord focused on during the night.[19]
From: Akshayamatinirdesha [english]
(1) Feelings are the second focus of meditation, requiring consideration and awareness as part of the practice of recollection.[20] (2) This is one of the places that consciousness is involved with, representing an essential component of the experience.[21] (3) 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.[22]
From: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra
(1) Feeling (vedana) is identified in the text as one of the elements, along with perception, formations, and consciousnesses, that are empty by self nature.[23] (2) Feeling, or vedana, is also identified as mara, signifying the sensory and emotional experiences that bind us.[24] (3) The absorption of cessation of concept and feeling is the final stage of the meditative journey, marking the end of the process.[25]
From: The Perfection Of Wisdom In Eight Thousand Lines
(1) It is an element that, when there is no apprehension of it, allows one to realize all dharmas through emptiness and non-production.[26] (2) They, who make their course the perfectly pure, does not course in feeling.[27]
From: Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra
(1) It is called vedana, and is a term for the stage when one gets attached to a single love.[28] (2) It is described as something to be done away with to reach Emancipation.[29]
From: Tattvasangraha [with commentary]
(1) It is one of the four phases, alongside awareness, name-conception, and mental faculty, that is regarded as proceeding from its own material cause.[30] (2) 'Feeling' is the common character possessed by both happiness and unhappiness, and it is relevant when considering how states merge in the common soul.[31] (3) This is referenced as an example of something incorporeal. If Atoms are indivisible, without parts, they must be regarded as incorporeal, like sensations and feelings, as there would be no distinction between them.[32] (4) The text considers it to be expressive of sentience, alongside intellect, volition, consciousness and knowing.[33] (5) This refers to the emotions of love and other affections that arise within an individual, which are central to the discussion.[34]
From: The Great Chariot
(1) In meditation, it is not conceptualized; in post-meditation, it is meditated on as hollow and insubstantial like a banana tree, turning the attention to suffering.[35] (2) This is one of the four skandhas of name and the four natures, along with perception, formations, and consciousness, which are supported by the mind's continuous flow.[36]
Hindu concept of 'Feeling'
In Hinduism, "Feeling," or vedanaskandha, is a fundamental aspect of inner existence, preceding thought. It encompasses emotional states, shaping experience and identity. Essential in Satwavajaya Chikitsa, it's key for psychobehavioral therapy, highlighting its significance in self-awareness and transformation.
From: Chaitanya Bhagavata
(1) Feelings represents the speaker's state of mind, as Shrivasa mentions that he does not like to go anywhere and he is telling this to the Lord.[37] (2) An emotional state experienced by Advaita Prabhu, leading to the belief that they had committed an offense, resulting in fasting and a sense of being apart.[38] (3) This describes the emotional state of someone who is experiencing a significant level of respect and acknowledgment, as suggested by the text.[39]
From: Garga Samhita (English)
(1) The feelings are the emotions experienced by Radha in His absence, which Uddhava intends to convey to Krsna, hoping to alleviate Radha's distress by bringing Krsna back.[40]
From: Shakti and Shakta
(1) Feeling is considered more fundamental than conscious thought and is deemed the primary raw material of experience and identity.[41]
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.[42]
From: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences
(1) In Satwavajaya Chikitsa, the substitution of feeling is very much essential, and is a part of psychobehavioral therapy.[43]
Jain concept of 'Feeling'
In Jainism, Feeling is categorized by karmic influences. It encompasses two types of karmic effects, shaping experiences. Primarily, it's the fundamental experience of pleasure or pain, determined by the Vedaniya karma.
From: Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra
(1) The basic experience of pleasure or pain through the Vedaniya karma.[44]
From: Gommatsara by Acharya Nemichandra
(1) This category encompasses two types of karmic influences that determine pleasant or unpleasant feelings.[45]
The concept of Feeling in local and regional sources
Feeling encompasses intense emotions, driving writing or its delay, and is tested and understood by parents. It's a universal emotional state, the core of art, and dissolves the body in a superconscious state, giving music depth.
From: Triveni Journal
(1) Denotes the emotional state of the speaker, which is seemingly disregarded by the subject, as it continues to act without consideration for the speaker's emotional well-being.[46] (2) The speaker is willing to receive feelings, but requests that they not be partisan, which suggests a desire for unbiased and impartial emotions that don't unfairly favor one side.[47] (3) Osborne's plays are products of this, making them more instinctive than calculated and more passionate than coherent; he conveys the urgency of his feelings through the art of theatre.[48] (4) The feeling is something that the parents’ duty is to test the endurance and reality of, and to help and enlarge their understanding, in relation to the young people.[49] (5) The intense emotion that the author experiences, which can lead to writing or the postponement of writing it down.[50]
From: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
(1) Feeling is an emotional state or reaction, and the text states that we all feel freedom.[51] (2) An emotional state or reaction; when a man reaches the superconscious state, all of this of body melts away.[52] (3) Feeling serves as the core of all artistic endeavors, representing the essence and secret behind everything that gives music its depth and meaning.[53]
From: Bhaktavijaya: Stories of Indian Saints
(1) "Feelings" of great reverence are expressed by Surdas for the Husband of Rukmini, demonstrating his deep respect and awe for the divine.[54]
The concept of Feeling in scientific sources
Feeling, as defined in the text, is a psychological preference within the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It's one of the dichotomies used to assess individual inclinations, offering insight into how people make decisions and interact with the world around them.
From: Religions Journal (MDPI)
(1) Feelings would be connected to homeostasis: a deficient homeostatic process would be expressed by negative feelings, and an appropriate level process would originate from positive feelings.[55] (2) An essential element of religious experience, uniting individuals with the world and serving as a foundation for religious principles.[56] (3) It stands for the inner infinity of love, with a dynamic of inner dissolution of boundaries that subverts differences of self and other.[57]
From: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (MDPI)
(1) Humans experience these, and individuals think too much about their family, how they died, and what happened.[58] (2) These are sentiments experienced by the population during a health crisis, which can be analyzed to understand the impact of the crisis and the effectiveness of communication strategies.[59]
From: Sustainability Journal (MDPI)
(1) Feeling is the notion that arguably discriminates affective psychological phenomena such as mood and emotion from those that are largely cognitive, such as thought, memory, and decision-making.[60]
From: South African Family Practice
(1) This is one of the psychological type dichotomies that is a part of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, used to understand people's preferences.[61]
Classical concept of 'Feeling'
From: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle
(1) If it is from the feeling of pleasure that they judge thus, the same will be true of justice and the other virtues. These can influence judgement.[62] (2) Feelings are related to actions, and arguments about matters that are concerned with feelings and actions are considered less reliable than observable facts.[63] (3) The text points out that discussions about feelings and actions have as much definiteness as their subject-matter, suggesting that emotional considerations are relevant in decision-making.[64] (4) According to the text, "feeling" is distinguished from a state of character, as love can be felt even towards inanimate objects, whereas true friendship involves choice rooted in character.[65] (5) The text includes feeling as a key aspect in the examination of friendship, suggesting that emotions and affections are integral to understanding the nature and dynamics of friendships.[66]