The defiled mind (mano) of a puthijjana attaches to one’s own thoughts and creates the seeds for future lives.
- Those thoughts have rupa, vedanā, saññā, saṅkhāra, and viññāṇa. These are abreviated words representing rupa upādānakkhandha through viññāṇa upādānakkhandha, i.e., pañca upādānakkhandha or pañcupādānakkhandha.
- Those thoughts that initially arise are automatically defiled due to the “built-in distorted saññā” (the same as “kāma saññā” in kāma loka).
- Thus, one creates one’s own world, in the sense that one generates kammic energies to be reborn in various realms of the world.
- That is why the Buddha says one’s “loka” (world) is pañcupādānakkhandha, which is the same as “defiled mind.”
- I discussed that in #2 of the recent post, “Four Noble Truths: Connection to Anusotagāmi/Paṭisotagāmi.”
Perhaps Zapper was looking for such a detailed analysis.