Five aggregates: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
The Five Aggregates refers to “that which comprises the ‘person’” and are known in Tibetan as phung po lnga.—Accordingly, [while describing the Svātantrika Madhyamaka philosophical school], [regarding the mode of imputation based on the aggregates]: These schools claim variously that the person is imputed on the basis of the mental consciousness, the mind-basis-of-all, or the continuum of consciousness. They also say that the person is imputed on the basis of claiming that the individual aggregates are the self, while some Saṃmatīyas say that all five aggregates are the self. Although schools from the Svātantrikas on down claim that the person is a mere imputation based on the aggregates, they think that if the aggregates are the basis of the imputation of a person, the aggregates necessarily are the person; and they believe that the aggregates are imputed as being the person. [...]
The Five Aggregates are:
- form,
- sensations,
- perceptions,
- mental formations, and
- consciousness.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Five Aggregates or Five Components:—A technical term in Buddhism corresponding to the Sanskrit pañcaskandha defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 22):
- Bodily-form (rūpa),
- Feelings (vedanā),
- Perceptions (saṃjñā),
- Volitions (saṃskāra),
- Consciousness (vijñāna).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., pañca-skandha, ‘five aggregates’). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
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Search found 71 books and stories containing Five aggregates, The five aggregates; (plurals include: Five aggregateses, The five aggregateses). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
9. The Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandha) < [Chapter 4 - Philosophy of Language in the Five Nikāyas]
6.3. The Four Noble Truths < [Chapter 3 - Language and Meaning as Reflected in the Five Nikāyas]
14. Conclusion < [Chapter 4 - Philosophy of Language in the Five Nikāyas]
Maha Buddhavamsa—The Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 17 - Notes on the Anatta-lakkhaṇa Sutta < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Buddha attributes (5): Lokavidū < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratanā]
Nibbāna (ultimate reality or ‘the cessation of suffering’) < [Chapter 6 - On Pāramitā]
Fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation (by Venerable Mahāsi Sayādaw)
The Buddhist Path to Enlightenment (study) (by Dr Kala Acharya)
1.3.4. Dhammānupassanā–Contemplation Of The Dhamma < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]
2.1. Right Understanding (Sammā-diṭṭhi or Samyag-dṛṣṭi) < [Chapter 3 - Seven Factors of Enlightenment and Noble Eightfold Path]
5.3. Mental Power of Mindfulness (Satibala or Smṛti) < [Chapter 2 - Five Groups of Factor]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by Ñāṇamoli Bhikkhu)
D. Classes of Knowledge of the Aggregates < [Chapter XIV - The Aggregates (khandha-niddesa)]
The Twelve Similes < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]
Strengthening of Comprehension in Forty Ways < [Chapter XX - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Path and the Not-path]
Guide to Tipitaka (by U Ko Lay)
(c) Khandha Vagga Saihyutta Pali < [Chapter VI - Samyutta Nikaya]
(b) The Seven Books Of Abhidhamma < [Chapter IX - What Is Abhidhamma Pitaka?]
Part 2 - The Dhammapada Pali < [Chapter VIII - Khuddaka Nikaya]