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!