How mind and body interact?

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pael
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How mind and body interact?

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Mind can't arise from matter, right? So, how they can interact with each other? What binds mind and body together?
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pael wrote:Mind can't arise from matter, right? So, how they can interact with each other? What binds mind and body together?
This is a dilemma that has to arise from viewing mind and body dualistically. Such a view has many uses, even though it is incorrect at the root.
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pael wrote:Mind can't arise from matter, right? So, how they can interact with each other? What binds mind and body together?
Nervous system. :alien: :stirthepot:
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I think that in Buddhist terms the question is akin to asking "what causes the five skandhas to bind together/aggregate?"

In the twelvefold chain, the five skandhas become "namarupa." So what binds the nama to the rupa, and why did the Buddha present them as one term?
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