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Statement from visuddhimagga regarding mental and material body

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I found this statement in the Visuddhimagga; > They cannot come to be by their own strength, Or yet maintain themselves by their own strength; Relying for support on other states, Weak in themselves, and formed, they come to be; They come to be with others as condition. They are aroused by others as their objects, They are produced by object and condition, And each by something other than itself. And just as men depend upon A boat for traversing the sea. So does the mental body need The matter-body for occurrence. And as the boat depends upon The men for traversing the sea. So does the matter-body need The mental body for occurrence. Depending each upon the other The boat and men go on the sea. And so do mind and matter both Depend the one upon the other. The above statement seems to confirm that mind doesn't have occurrence without material body, and vise versa. Both factors are interdependent and seemingly co-exists. But, once, I heard that one's mind does't end at death of material body: how can that match with the above statement in the Visuddhimagga?
Asked by danuka shewantha (627 rep)
Mar 27, 2018, 01:37 PM
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