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''''Five aggregates'''' or ''''[[Skandha]]s'''' are a key [[concept]] in the [[Buddhist]] [[philosophy]] of [[mind]].
''''Five aggregates'''', ''Five components'' or in [[Sanskrit]] ''Pañcaskandha'' or simply ''[[Skandha]]s'' are a key [[concept]] in the [[Buddhist]] [[philosophy]] of [[mind]] called ''Abhidharma''. They are the five [[psychological|psycho]]-[[physical]] aggregates (or "coming together" as in [[aggregation]]), which according to [[Buddhist philosophy]] are the basis for [[self-grasping]].
They include:
# ''Rūpa:'' [[Form]] or [[Body]]
# ''Vedanā:'' [[Feeling]]s, [[Sensation]]s
# ''Saṃjñā:'' [[Cognition]], [[Thinking]], [[Mentation]], [[Perception]]
# ''Saṃskāra:'' [[Habit]]s, [[Impulse]]s, [[Mental]] [[formation]]s, Compositional factors
# ''Vijñāna:'' [[Consciousness]]
==Etymology==
The Sanskrit word ''skandha'' means an aggregate, [[heap]] or [[bundle]].
==Traditional Buddhist Commentary==
The five skandhas are the basis for the [[suffering]] of [[samsara]] since they make up our entire [[mental]] and physical [[existence]].
When we look more deeply at what refer to as "[[I]]", we see it includes multiple [[element]]s or constituents. It is not simply the parts that make up our physical bodies, but also our various [[senses]] and our minds.
==Vedana: Feelings or Sensations==
The aggregate referred to in [[English]] and feelings does not mean [[emotion|emotional]] feelings, but refers more to [[sensation]]s. These ''vedana'' are either [[neutral]], [[pleasure|pleasurable]] or [[pain]]ful in the body and pleasant or unpleasant sensations in the mind. Buddhist philosophy says that the mind's neutral sensations are not counted separately since they are indistinguishable and inseparable from the body's neutral sensations. At every single [[moment]], we are experiencing sensations, predominantly neutral ones, but also pleasant and painful ones.
==See Also==
==See Also==
* [[Five Precepts]]
* [[Five Precepts]]
* [[Ten Perfections]]
* [[Ten Perfections]]
==Further Reading==
* Kangyur Rinpoche, ''Treasury of Precious Qualities''. [[Boston]]: Shambhala Press, 2001. 'Appendix 4'.
*Appendix 7, 'The Five Aggregates' pp. 183-185 in ''The Light of Wisdom Volume 1''. Root text by Padmasambhava and commentary by Jamgon Kongtrul the Great. Published by Shambhala Publications ISBN 0-87773-566-2
==References==
==References==