Vedanā or Feeling Tone
A Practical and Contemporary Meditative Exploration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16766381 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Martine Batchelor (independent scholar, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-68 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-02 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary Buddhism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1463-9947 • E-ISSN: 1476-7953 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14639947.2018.1442142 |
| OpenAlex | W2795424819 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 1 |
This paper will attempt to establish a framework for the term vedanā. Then it will present the range of the different feeling tones: pleasant, unpleasant and neutral. It will point out that ‘neutral’ feeling tone can be defined in different ways as either non-existing, indeterminate, indifference or the beginning of equanimity. Following this, vedanā will be discussed in the context of the five nāma factors: contact, feeling-tone, perception, intention and attention. This paper will suggest that mindfulness can be of benefit because it possibly gives rise to what is referred to in the early Pāli texts as ‘unwordly pleasant’ feeling tones. The paper concludes by making a connection between the practice of mindfulness of feeling-tones and the cultivation of the ethical precepts as an antidote to unskilful reactive patterns that arise in relation to vedana
Aesthetics · Cognitive psychology · Feeling · Linguistics · Meditation · Mindfulness · Perception · Psychotherapist · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |