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Is causation (hetu) in SN 22.82 different to conditions (paccaya) in Dependent Origination?

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SN 22.82 and MN 109 state: > *The four great elements, bhikkhu, are the cause (hetu) and condition (paccayo) for the **manifestation** (**paññāpanāya**) of the form (rupa) aggregate.* > > *Contact is the cause and condition for the manifestation of the feeling aggregate.* > > *Contact is the cause and condition for the manifestation of the perception aggregate.* > > *Contact is the cause and condition for the manifestation of the formations (sankhara) aggregate.* > > *Nāmarūpaṃ is the cause and condition for the manifestation of the consciousness aggregate.* ______________________________________ > ***Paññāpanāya**: This might have been rendered "for the description of the form aggregate". Paññāpanā is literally "making known" and something is "made known" either by becoming manifest or by being described. Footnote: Bhikkhu Bodi* __________________________________ Dependent origination states: > *And what is dependent co-arising? From ignorance as a requisite condition (paccaya) come formations (sankhara). From formations as > a requisite condition comes consciousness. From consciousness as a > requisite condition comes nāmarūpaṃ. From nāmarūpaṃ as a requisite > condition come the six sense media. From the six sense media as a > requisite condition comes contact. From contact as a requisite > condition comes feeling. From feeling as a requisite condition comes > craving. From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging. From > clinging as a requisite condition comes becoming. From becoming as a > requisite condition comes birth. From birth as a requisite condition, > then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair > come into play. Such is the origination of this entire mass of stress > & suffering.* In addition, Dependent Origination defines nāmarūpaṃ as: > *Feeling, perception, intention, contact and attention — these are called nāma. The four great elements and the material form derived > from the four great elements — these are called rūpa.* Obviously, there appear to many contradictions between SN 22.82 and Dependant Origination, which include: * Rupa caused (*hetu*) by elements vs rupa conditioned (*paccaya*) by consciousness * Sankhara caused (*hetu*) by contact vs sankhara conditioned (*paccaya*) by ignorance. * Feeling, perception & intention caused (*hetu*) by contact vs contact conditioned (*paccaya*) by sense media conditioned (*paccaya*) by feeling, perception & intention (*nāma*). * Consciousness caused (*hetu*) by namarupa vs namarupa conditioned (*paccaya*) by consciousness. Is there a contradiction here? Why is this so? How is this resolved?
Asked by Paraloka Dhamma Dhatu (48153 rep)
Aug 15, 2017, 09:27 PM
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