Post on “Kāya Can be Pañcupādānakkhandha or Physical Body”

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      Tobias G
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      What are dhammatā? You mention it in #6.

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      Lal
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      A ‘dhammatā‘ is something taking place according to ‘nature’s laws, and those laws are based on Paticca Samuppada.

      6. “Sakkāya Sutta (SN 22.105)” asks, “Katamo ca, bhikkhave, sakkāyo?” (What is sakkāya?). The answer is “Pañcupādānakkhandhātissa vacanīyaṁ” (“I say it is Pañcupādānakkhandhā).

      • The same answer is given in the “Sakkāyapañhā Sutta (SN 38.15)“: “Pañcime, āvuso, upādānakkhandhā sakkāyo vutto bhagavatā” or “āvuso, the Buddha said that pañcupādānakkhandhā are sakkāya.”
      • Here, “sakkāya” is “sath kāya” or “beneficial kāya.” Furthermore, sakkāya ditthi” is “to view (pañcupādānakkhandha)kāya as beneficial.” 
      • One will have sakkāya ditthi as long as they view sensory pleasures as beneficial. However, since a Sotapanna has not removed kāma rāga, they will still be attached to sensory pleasures; still, they would not do apāyagāmi deeds that lead to rebirths in the apāyās. That happens automatically, without conscious thinking, i.e., it is a dhammatā.
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