Feeling as Condition for Craving (Vedanāpaccayā Taṇhā) (2)

Regarding "Feeling as condition for craving" (vedanāpaccayā taṇhā), we explained yesterday that, in terms of craving (taṇhā), there are six types. To clarify this here: when the eye and a visual object make contact, eye-consciousness arises. The coming together of these three is contact (phassa). Experiencing the visual object is feeling (vedanā). Desiring, liking, clinging to, and becoming attached to the experienced visual object is craving (taṇhā). This craving is called craving for forms (rūpa-taṇhā). Similarly, craving for the experienced sound is craving for sounds (sadda-taṇhā). Craving for the experienced smell is craving for odors (gandha-taṇhā). Craving for the experienced taste is craving for flavors (rasa-taṇhā). Craving for the experienced tactile sensation is craving for tangibles (phoṭṭhabba-taṇhā). Craving for the experienced thought/mental object (dhamma-ārammaṇa) is craving for mental phenomena (dhamma-taṇhā). Thus, the six types of craving come to be. In ...