Difference between aggregates and clinging-aggregates?
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What's the difference between the five aggregates and the five clinging-aggregates?
For e.g. is the aggregate of form referring to the physical body, but the clinging-aggregate of form is a tainted mental model of the physical body?
From SN 22.48 (trans. Bodhi):
> “And what, bhikkhus, are the five aggregates? Whatever kind of form
> there is, whether past, future, or present, internal or external,
> gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near: this is called the
> form aggregate. Whatever kind of feeling there is … this is called the
> feeling aggregate. Whatever kind of perception there is … this is
> called the perception aggregate. Whatever kind of volitional
> formations there are … these are called the volitional formations
> aggregate. Whatever kind of consciousness there is, whether past,
> future, or present, internal or external, gross or subtle, inferior or
> superior, far or near: this is called the consciousness aggregate.
> These, bhikkhus, are called the five aggregates.
>
> “And what, bhikkhus, are the five aggregates subject to clinging?
> Whatever kind of form there is, whether past, future, or present … far
> or near, that is tainted, that can be clung to: this is called the
> form aggregate subject to clinging. Whatever kind of feeling there is
> … that is tainted, that can be clung to: this is called the feeling
> aggregate subject to clinging. Whatever kind of perception there is …
> that is tainted, that can be clung to: this is called the perception
> aggregate subject to clinging. Whatever kind of volitional formations
> there are … that are tainted, that can be clung to: these are called
> the volitional formations aggregate subject to clinging. Whatever kind
> of consciousness there is, whether past, future, or present, internal
> or external, gross or subtle, inferior or superior, far or near, that
> is tainted, that can be clung to: this is called the consciousness
> aggregate subject to clinging. These, bhikkhus, are called the five
> aggregates subject to clinging.”
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