[rajitha]

Greetings Lal and others,

Buddha says everything eventually exists in mind only. That suggests everything is subjective.

• The

nama-rupa

• is said to arise simultaneously. Does this mean the mind creates the rupa and then makes a named reference to it?

For example, someone enters a room. Was the room created prior and always existed inside the mind or did it arise the moment it was referenced?

How do others in the room share the same nama-rupa if it is created inside someone’s mind?

If there are others in the room are they subjective too in that its a figment of someone imagination?

[Lal]

Hello, Rajitha. Welcome to the forum!

Namarupa formation is a deep subject. I recommend reading the subsection: “Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa“.

Of course namarupa formation is subjective. Basically, one “prepares one’s own future” by the way one cultivates one’s sankhara. “Sankhara paccaya vinnana” leads to the cultivation of different types of vinnana, which in turn give rise to kamma beeja for future births. The Paticca Samuppada cycle leads to bhava and jati, and thus to all future suffering.

This is where one puts together all aspects of one’s understanding of Buddha Dhamma. Vinnana is the the link between between mind and matter, as explained in that subsection.

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