Sensation

Sensation (Skt. vedanā; Tib. ཚོར་བ་, tsorwa; Wyl. tshor ba) — one of the fifty-one mental states defined in Abhidharma literature. According to the Compendium of Abhidharma, it belongs to the subgroup of the five ever-present mental states. Sensation is also the second of the five skandhas and the seventh of the twelve nidanas.

Definitions

In the Khenjuk, Mipham Rinpoche says:

• 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)

Alternative Translations

• feeling (▷PKT, David Karma Choepel, Gyurme Dorje, Berzin)
• feeling a level of happiness (Berzin)
• feeling-tone (▷HVG)