Is saññāviññāṇasaṅkhaya a synonymous of saññāvedayitanirodha?

[CurlyCarl]

@sujato

In that context, viññāṇa is regarded as an ocean of undifferentiated awareness, and the prefix vi- is explained as “infinite”: the exact opposite of “separative”

Sounds reasonable. Thank you Bhante.

@sujato

The Buddha then responded to the Upanishadic sense, asking meditators to look closely into consciousness and see that what has been taken to be an undifferentiated awareness is, in the light of clear examination, in fact a series or process of multiple kinds of ever-changing awareness.

Sounds like we agreed about the summation of SN 1.2.

@sujato

The difference is not in the word used. The Buddha was quite happy to continue using the same word, which shows that at the time, it was quite possible for it to have these different senses.

The same may apply to namarupa. Thus in the Buddha’s Dhamma, vinnana & namarupa arise & cease together (MN 9; SN 12.67) but in suttas addressed to Brahmins such as DN 11, MN 49 & SN 7.6 the Buddha seems to teach about a vinnana experience despite instructing to end namarupa.