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instance (banlung). Even after the end of the meditative instance, the thoughts continue.
As mentioned yesterday, every time we contemplate conscious phenomena, we need to have the intention. Why do we need to have the intention to experience the emergence-cessation of the physical and mental phenomena? This is because we need to have the intention to be aware of the ultimate truth of the physical and mental phenomena—that is mental formations (sankhara) are not permanent, perceptions (sanna) are not permanent, minds (vinnana) are not permanent, corporeality (rupa) are not permanent, and sensations (vedana) are not permanent. We know that the Five Aggregates are not permanent, but we still are attached to them. Why? Because we “know” but we do not “see”, we therefore have the feeling that we want to claim the Five Aggregates to be “ours”. The sense of “us” always emerges every time one of the Five Aggregates clearly appears.
As we sit here, which aggregate is the most apparent? Is it corporeality, sensations, perceptions, mental formations, or mind? This depends on each person. The reason I ask this question is because the Five Aggregates that appear are not clear to everyone at the same time. Why did the Buddha categorise into aggregates? Because sometimes we are aware of the mind aggregate and the corporeality aggregate, but not