Five Aggregates - Pheṇapiṇḍūpama sutta Abhidhamma Explaination

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Maharaja
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Five Aggregates - Pheṇapiṇḍūpama sutta Abhidhamma Explaination

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In the Pheṇapiṇḍūpama sutta (Samyutta Nikaya 22.95), The Buddha compares the following:

“Form is like a lump of foam;
“Pheṇapiṇḍūpamaṁ rūpaṁ,

feeling is like a bubble;
vedanā bubbuḷūpamā;

perception seems like a mirage;
Marīcikūpamā saññā,

choices like a banana tree;
saṅkhārā kadalūpamā;

and consciousness like a magic trick:
Māyūpamañca viññāṇaṁ,


https://suttacentral.net/sn22.95/en/suj ... ript=latin


Is there any explanation in the Abhidhamma, as to why Form is like a lump of foam? Why feeling is like a bubble? Why perception is like a mirage? Why saṅkhārā is like a banana tree? And why consciousness is like a magic trick?
"භජන්ති සේවන්ති ච කාරණත්ථා
නික්කාරණා දුල්ලභා අජ්ජමිත්තා
අත්තට්ඨපඤ්ඤා අසුචී මනුස්සා
ඒකෝ චරේ කග්ගවිසාණකප්පෝ."

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Re: Five Aggregates - Pheṇapiṇḍūpama sutta Abhidhamma Explaination

Post by Ontheway »

The descriptions are rather metaphorical.

All five aggregates are Anicca, Dukkha, and Anatta.
Hiriottappasampannā,
sukkadhammasamāhitā;
Santo sappurisā loke,
devadhammāti vuccare.

https://suttacentral.net/ja6/en/chalmer ... ight=false
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