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Lord Buddha preached about Five Masses Of Clinging instead of self or
soul. There have no one called as
"I" or steady soul which goes from one life into another life. Have only five masses of clinging. These five masses
of clinging are
- massive bodies, six sensing (feeling), six identifying (perception), collecting as Karma
(mental formations) and mind or
conscious energy. By combination of there five masses of clinging, living creatures are appeared in universe. There have no creator or ruler.
Also Creatures are not created from themselves, or originated from
without reason. There have reason for giving birth : Unknowingness, Kamma
& Desires of lust, rebirth & stop rebirth. So creatures have to use their Kamma till
Kamma energies are ending up. Also we can't pointed out when or how creatures are started their rebirth cycle cause it was useless effort. Buddha said "wounded person
only need immediate medicine and not inquiry of how and when he wounded".
Mind energy go from one life into another life as flame of candle light
can burn new candle light, but new candle light flame is not old flame
neither created newly than old one. As mind is not new but also not other
mind from past life. Why they are clinging
These five masses of clinging help to rebirth cycle and bond creatures in infinitive cycles of
births. So they are called stick without known or clinging. Birth help to give pains, sick, getting old, death, meeting negative people, losing positive people and obstacles to achieve
goals. As wholesome said this five masses are stressful. Mind is collaborations of energy packet which rapidly start,
stay very little time and vanished. Till we get whole enlighten, creatures
go from one life to next life as five masses of clinging. Not only mind or
soul. After we get enlighten, it become five masses and not clinging.
Every creatures bond to hell, hungry ghost realm, animal realm & asura
realm cause of creatures think these five masses of clinging as ownself or
"I" or idea of soul. It means they think there have steady soul
which can control ownself. But Lord Buddha who enlighten that there have
no soul & have only dependent organism (reasons & results) inside
rebirth cycle.
Massive bodies (Rupa)
In Buddhism simply physical body and it's organs called massive bodies or
Rupa. Organs which related to five senses are called internal masses while subjected objects are called as external masses. As example eye is internal mass while light rays and object are related external mass. So
eye-light, ear-sound, tongue-taste, nose-smells, body-feelings
from skin or internal body and mind-mental visualization are called as massive bodies.
Massive bodies created & maintained according to foods which creatures
are eat. Basic building block are elements of earth, liquids, heat &
air.
Sensing And Identifying (Vadana, Sangna,
Sanskara & Vinghagna)
After internal & external masses get mix with
consciousness (Vignagna) then it sense (feels) and then identify (percepts) . We say above mixing as
impact or connecting (Sparsha). Then thinking about external masses with
mind using thoughts - called as volitional states (Cetana). This sense and identify also help to create new
formations in mind (Karma - Sanskara)
while thinking process. After thinking, say as word from mouth or do actions from
body or both.
This thinking, saying & acting help to collections to stores in mind as energy packets
called Kamma. Kamma is mental formations.
Sensing are mainly
three types - positive sensing, negative sensing & neutral sensing.
but with six senses it can be categorize as 18 types. as example eye
sensing can be positive, negative & neutral. Identifying is six types
- Identification from eye, ear, nose, tongue, body & mind. Collecting Kamma also stores in mind related to six senses : mental
image, mental smell, etc... Six sensing, six
identifying, collecting as Karma are result from impact. This
process is widely described in dependent organism.
Lord Buddha categorize five masses of clinging as :
internal-external, heavy-soft, near-long, canny-uncanny, vanished in past-unoriginated
future-originated present. As example if you lived in your past life as
energy body gods then it was external, soft, long, canny & vanished in
past. but your current human body is internal, heavy, near, uncanny & originated
present. Buddha said all these characterizes five masses of clinging are
unsteady, stressful & not-self.
Example.. eye + light + eye consciousness - sensing from eye -
identifying sensed object - thinking related to object
Real life.. eye + car + eye
consciousness - sensing from eye - identifying car - thinking about car
then create likeness related car via mind as "I also need such
car". so negative Kamma stores in mind as lust about car.
Real life.. mind + mental image of temple + mind consciousness - sensing
from mind - identifying temple as Buddhist temple - thinking about temple
then mind become relax cause of temple as "Monks meditate in these
kind of temple". so positive Kamma stores in mind as
merits.
Collecting Help To Rebirth
Collecting Kamma energy give resources to rebirth. Buddha said " Mind is seed,
desires are water and rebirth cycle is paddy field of massive
bodies sensing, identifying & collecting Kamma; Stressful pains are crops." Creatures rebirth because they have Karma to finish. Good Karma gives luxury
life while bad Karma gives pains. Enlighten person don't keep or collect Karma. Hence they are not rebirth.
Creatures bond to rebirth cycle cause of 20 wrong ideas about five masses
of clinging as steady & controllable soul. Those are :
1-4. Creatures bond to wrong idea as massive
bodies are soul, soul created from massive bodies, soul is inside massive
bodies & massive bodies are inside soul.
5-8. Creatures bond to wrong idea as sensing are soul, soul created from
sensing , soul is inside sensing & sensing is inside soul.
9-12. Also as identifying is soul, soul created from identifying , soul is
inside identifying & identifying is inside soul.
13-16. Also as collecting Kamma is soul, soul created from collecting
Kamma , soul is inside collecting Kamma & collecting Kamma is inside
soul.
17-20. Finally as mind is soul, soul created from mind, soul is inside mind
Kamma & mind is inside soul.
But we need to think massive bodies result from earth, liquids, heat &
air elements. We need to think sensing, identifying, collecting Kamma is
result from impacting. And mind is result from sensing, identifying,
impacting, volitional states, recollecting and massive bodies
(mind & matters or nama-rupa).
Unknown ness
We belongs to rebirth cycle cause of - Karma, bonds from
desires and darkness of unknowingness. Also we cling sensed and identified things as My things. So wrong sensing &
wrong identifying means we think all matters are immortal, pleasure & mine. But truth was all masses are destroy and
change with time, therefore
stressful and we can't control that changing means not ours (not mine). When we understand all "five masses of clinging" are not
I & mine & my soul ( characteristic of anti-soul or not-self) then
we are disgusted about five masses of clinging. Then we will not cling to those. So without cling, collecting Karma
& desires to world's things will not happen. Without Karma &
desires, rebirth also not take place. So then that creatures become
enlighten as wholesome right ideas. This was the main teaching & finding of Lord Buddha.
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