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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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Feb 17, 2019, 05:48 PM
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