THE FIVE AGGREGATES OF SUFFERING (PANCAKKHANDO)
What
we think it is me, mine and myself is actually only five aggregates:
Body
(Rupa), and
mind which is made up of four components:
Feelings (Vedana), Perception (Sanna), Mental Formations (Sankhara)
and Consciousness (Vinnana).
The
five grasped - at groups are suffering:
Rupupadanakkhando - the grasped-at
group of the body
Vedanupadanakkhando - the grasped-at group of
feeling
Sannupadanakkhando - the grasped-at group of
perception
Sankharupadanakkhando - the grasped-at group of
mental formation
Vinnanupadanakkhando - the grasped-at group of
consciousness
The Buddha taught:
Rupam aniccam - the
body is impermanent
Vedana aniccam - feelings
are impermanent
Sanna aniccam - perception
is impermanent
Sankhara aniccam - mental
formations are impermanent
Vinnanam aniccam - consciousness
is impermanent
Rupam anatta - body is
not self
Vedana anatta - feeling
is not self
Sanna anatta - perception
is not self
Sankhara anatta - mental
formation is not self
Vinnanam anatta -
consciousness is not self
All conditioned Phenomena are
impermanent, all Dhammas are not self!
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