Parent:: [[Paticca-samuppada|Paṭicca-samuppāda]] Related:: [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]], [[Adhivacana]] Child:: [[Rupa|Rūpa]] # Nāmarūpa (Name and Form) ## Nāmarūpa = [[Namarupa|Nāma]] + [[Rupa|Rūpa]] ![[MN9 Sammādiṭṭhisutta#^namarupa]] > [!summary] Nāma consists of the following 5: > 1. [[Vedana|Vedanā]] > 2. [[Sanna|Saññā]] > 3. [[Cetana|Cetanā]] > 4. [[Phassa]] > 5. [[Manasikara|Manasikāra]] ## Nāmarūpa & [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] (Consciousness) ### When Nāmarūpa ceases, [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] ceases ![[DN11 Kevaṭṭasutta#^vinnanam-anidasannam]] ### One who has understood Viññāṇa and Nāmarūpa has "Nothing further to do" ![[SN12.63 Puttamaṁsasutta#^vinnana-parinna-nothing-further-to-do]] ### End of Nāmarūpa -> End of Viññāṇan -> End of Rebirth & Suffering ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^end-of-namarupa-vinnana-jati-dukkha]] ### The Whirlpool of Nāmarūpa and [[Vinnana|Viññāṇa]] ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^namarupa-vinnana-whirlpool]] > [!tip] Simile: 2 Sheaves of Reeds — In Naḷakalāpīsutta ([SN12.67](https://suttacentral.net/sn12.67/en/sujato)) > Suppose there were **==two sheaves of reeds leaning up against each other==**. > _Seyyathāpi, āvuso, **dve naḷakalāpiyo** aññamaññaṁ nissāya tiṭṭheyyuṁ._ > > --- > In the same way, **name and form are requirements for consciousness**. > _Evameva kho, āvuso, **==nāmarūpapaccayā viññāṇaṁ==**;_ > > **Consciousness is a requirement for name and form**. > _**==viññāṇapaccayā nāmarūpaṁ==**;_ > > ... > > **==If the first of those sheaves of reeds were to be pulled away, the other would collapse.==** > _Tāsañce, āvuso, naḷakalāpīnaṁ ekaṁ ākaḍḍheyya, ekā papateyya;_ > > And if the other were to be pulled away, the first would collapse. > _aparañce ākaḍḍheyya, aparā papateyya._ > > --- > In the same way, **when name and form cease, consciousness ceases**. > _Evameva kho, āvuso, **nāmarūpanirodhā viññāṇanirodho**;_ > > **When consciousness ceases, name and form cease**. > _**viññāṇanirodhā nāmarūpanirodho**;_ ## Nāmarūpa -> [[Phassa]] ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^namarupa-paccaya-phassa]] ![[DN15 Mahānidānasutta#^adhivacana-patigha-samphassa]] ## Notes ![[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana#^c387a6]] - Namarupa = materiality and mentality = the 32 parts of the body (materiality) + the feeling/perception of being Eryu, and the effort gets taken as Eryu (mentality). ![[☸️📒 {Eryu} Dhamma Learnings#2024-09-04 — 4 Levels / Types of Namarupa Nāmarūpa ("I")]] ## Reads - https://spiritualessence.in/2025/06/06/what-is-name-form/ ## Videos - (2025-06-05) MN38 - What is Name & Form with Six Field of experience? ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu2nQvSG1NU)) - (Best) [[(2022-10-06) (3-part Series) Meditation using Namarupa and Vinnana]] - CGI Timelapse - San Francisco, 2015 - 1800 ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4FS3FaEIrg)) - Showing how SF is "made up" of all buildings ## Suttas - [[DN15 Mahānidānasutta]] - SN1.61 Nāmasutta ([link](https://suttacentral.net/sn1.61/en/sujato)) - Nāma the one thing that overpowers everything else