Physical pain - nama or rupa?

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Physical pain - nama or rupa?

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Greetings,

I've probably read the answer to this question somewhere, but I wouldn't know quite where to look for the answer, so I thought it might be easier to ask here, and hopefully someone can answer me at the drop of a hat.

Obviously the physical body constitutes rupa, but what about physical pain arising from rupa? How is that classified in the Abhidhamma? Is it rupa too, or is it nama?

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good question.
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Hello Retro, all,

These threads from dhammastudygroup may be helpful:
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You will need to join, if you are not already a member. Then click on Files in the menu on the left hand side. Then click on "Useful_Posts_March_2009.htm"
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Painful bodily feeling is the vedanā that accompanies the fifth of the seven types of unwholesome-resultant consciousness (akusala-vipāka citta), namely, unwholesome-resultant bodily consciousness accompanied by pain (dukkhasahagataṃ kāyaviññāṇaṃ). The basis (vatthu) of this citta is rūpa, but the citta itself and the vedanā are nāma.

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Greetings bhante,

Thank you.

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Dhammanando wrote:Painful bodily feeling is the vedanā that accompanies the fifth of the seven types of unwholesome-resultant consciousness (akusala-vipāka citta), namely, unwholesome-resultant bodily consciousness accompanied by pain (dukkhasahagataṃ kāyaviññāṇaṃ). The basis (vatthu) of this citta is rūpa, but the citta itself and the vedanā are nāma.

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Dear Bhante

I apologise in advance if I am trawling up old material, but hope you can assist with a point related to your previous assertion of "kammic minimalism" and the akusala-vipaka citta above.

Is this akusala-vipaka citta ALWAYS the result of kamma, whether past life or present life kamma? If so, is it still tenable to assert kammic minimalism as per Sivaka Sutta, SN 36.21 on the basis that kamma may or may not have been the operative factor in determining the rupa-vatthu part of the phassa triad?

If so, would it be correct to conclude that what comes into contact with our external sense media may or may not be kamma vipaka, but that all corresponding vinnana of such phassa is kammically determined?

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Physical pain is "dukkha". Mental pain is "domanassa".

Ven. Dhammanando, if the citta associated with physical pain is nama, how is dukkha distinguished from domanassa?
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I think the body only has touch sensation. If it is a soft touch (rupa) then a pleasant mental feeling arises (nama), which is called pleasurable body feeling, as it is based on the body, but is'nt the body. If a hard touch then an unpleasant mental feeling arises, which is called unpleasant body feeling, as it is based on the body, but is'nt the body. Where the switch from pleasant to unpleasant is I guess would be due to past Kamma, but not sure. I'm absolutely 100% sure that this is correct - unless of course I'm wrong!
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Thanks Ben, I'm just wondering were the Buddha gained his knowlege from if not from meditation experience!
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