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Lesson 3.8.15 Chachakkasuttaṃ - The Dependent Arising of Vedanā and its Crucial Importance on the Path of Deliverance
In this detailed exposition of the Buddha, he resolutely instructs: ‘the six internal bases should be understood and the six external bases should be understood!’ He then details how whenever any object gets recognized by any of the respective sense doors, the particular six consciousnesses arise. The conjoining, meeting, mingling of these three give rise to contact which again causes different sensations to appear. This important context elucidates in detail the essential link of the ‘present’ moment as highlighted in the paṭiccasamuppāda: fundamental for every meditator. It is the 'present' moment where one can step in, act and stop the circle of multiplication of taṇhā!