Key Dhamma Concepts > Nāma & Rūpa to Nāmarūpa

May 26, 2017; revised October 3, 2022

This important subsection will discuss the link between mind (nāma) and matter (rūpa). These are deeper analyses. The “mind to matter” transition is described in sequence.

▪Kamma Viññāṇa is not strictly mental and is responsible for the Nāmarūpa Formation leading to the arising of rūpa.

Mental Aggregates (Except Kamma Viññāṇa)

•Vedanā – What It Really Means (Being replaced with Vedanā and Samphassa-Jā-Vedanā – More Than Just Feelings)

•Does Bodily Pain Arise Only Due to Kamma Vipāka?

•Saññā – What It Really Means

•Future Suffering – Why It Arises

•Vipallāsa (Diṭṭhi, Saññā, Citta) Affect Saṅkhāra

•Saṅkhāra – What It Really Means

Kamma Viññāṇa

▪Viññāṇa – What It Really Means

▪Kamma Viññāṇa – Link Between Mind and Matter

▪Anidassana Viññāṇa – What It Really Means

Nāmarūpa Formation

▪Nāmarūpa in Vipāka Viññāṇa

▪Nāmarūpa in Idappaccayatā Paṭicca Samuppāda

▪Nāmarūpa – Different Types

▪Kamma Viññāṇa – Link Between Mind and Matter

▪Kamma Viññāṇa and Nāmarūpa Pariccheda Ñāṇa

Rūpa Aggregate

▪What are rūpa? – Dhammā are rūpa too!