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Sincere thanks to all the participants for the detailed explanation and the all the links.
Studying the links will keep me busy for the next several months (unfortunately my brain tends to get overloaded with the subject and I end up taking breaks and readings issues on
current politics and get completely distracted and sidetracked)
Sir, it is very intriguing to hear that the rupakkhanda includes all the past rupa that one
has ever experienced and it includes all the past, present and future rupakkhandas.
Comparing the river analogy, the clean waters of the Yamuna becomes toxic and non potable
when it reaches Delhi (which is a fairly short distance – 233 miles
), it is inconceivable that the
rupakkhanda has all the rupa that it has ever experienced (considering the countless lives
one has taken in samsara) and very scary that there is every possibility of one being very
pure at one stage and being completely polluted at some stage.
All one can do is try and hope to achieve the first path and fruit.