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Episode Synopsis
akkheyyasaññino sattā akkheyyasmi patihitā
akkheyya apariññāya yogam āyanti maccuno
“Beings are conscious of what can be named,
They are established on the nameable,
By not comprehending the nameable things,
They come under the yoke of death.”
— Samiddhi Sutta
“And what, bhikkhus, is consciousness? There are these six classes of consciousness: eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, mind-consciousness. This is called consciousness.”
“And what, bhikkhus, is name-&-form? Feeling, perception, intention, contact, attention: this is called name. The four great elements and the form derived from the four great elements: this is called form. Thus this name and this form are together called name-&-form.”
— Vibhanga Sutta
“Name-&-form means a formal name and a nominal form. Form is known with the help of name. Just as feeling, perception, intention, contact and attention represent the primary notion of ‘name’, even so the four great elements form the basis for the primary notion of ‘form’.”
—Venerable Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda
akkheyya apariññāya yogam āyanti maccuno
“Beings are conscious of what can be named,
They are established on the nameable,
By not comprehending the nameable things,
They come under the yoke of death.”
— Samiddhi Sutta
“And what, bhikkhus, is consciousness? There are these six classes of consciousness: eye-consciousness, ear-consciousness, nose-consciousness, tongue-consciousness, body-consciousness, mind-consciousness. This is called consciousness.”
“And what, bhikkhus, is name-&-form? Feeling, perception, intention, contact, attention: this is called name. The four great elements and the form derived from the four great elements: this is called form. Thus this name and this form are together called name-&-form.”
— Vibhanga Sutta
“Name-&-form means a formal name and a nominal form. Form is known with the help of name. Just as feeling, perception, intention, contact and attention represent the primary notion of ‘name’, even so the four great elements form the basis for the primary notion of ‘form’.”
—Venerable Bhikkhu Kaṭukurunde Ñāṇananda
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