Reply To: Mind Creates Matter, What creates the Mind?

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SengKiat
Keymaster

Uyap,

Suddhāshtaka or Suddhatthaka which has another name of Avinibbhoga Rupa (Inseparable material phenomena) and it consists of Earth (pathavi), Water (Apo), Fire (Tejo), Air (Vayo), Visible form (Vanna), Smell (Ghanda), Taste (Rasa) and Nutritive essence (Oja).

To have a mind (citta), it need to be a beings (see above four different types of birth of Beings) and beings need a body (rūpa) (see above four causes which produce rūpa).

Seng Kiat