Dear Keren,
This passage is about Po.t.thapaada's belief in a soul. My PTS gives
footnotes. The coarse one is a material soul, having rupa. We have to
look at the Brahmajala sutta for such theories.
The mind-made is also material, but very subtle.
The aruupi is without ruupa, only mental.
Thus this is in the context of theories about the soul or attaa.
Nina.
Op 17-sep-2006, om 8:08 heeft keren_arbel het volgende geschreven:

> I have a question regarding a passage in DN I.186-199.
> Po.t.thapaada is declaring three types of self, and then the Buddha
> is elaborating on this "acquired self" (attaa patilaabha):
> the ol.aariko, the manomaya.m & the aruupi.m.
>
> It is the first time I see this analysis and I'm not sure what it
> means.

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