What is tangible object?

Question: What is tangible object?

Answer: The reality which can be directly experienced through the body- base. Throughout the day we touch things which are hard. We believe that we touch a cup, plate or chair which are hard. In reality, it is hardness which is experienced through the body-base, not a cup, plate or chair. When hardness is experienced we know through memory that there is a cup, plate or chair, but these are not realities which can be directly experienced. They are concepts or ideas we can think about. Through body- base the realities of hardness, softness, heat, cold motion or pressure can be experienced. These are true for everybody, no matter how we name them. They are elements which arise because of their appropriate conditions and then fall away immediately. They cannot stay on.