Five aggregates: 2 definitions
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: Google Books: The Crystal Mirror of Philosophical SystemsThe Five Aggregates refers to 鈥渢hat which comprises the 鈥榩erson鈥欌�� and are known in Tibetan as phung po lnga.鈥擜ccordingly, [while describing the Sv膩tantrika 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 Sa峁僲at墨yas say that all five aggregates are the self. Although schools from the Sv膩tantrikas 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鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgrahaFive Aggregates or Five Components:鈥擜 technical term in Buddhism corresponding to the Sanskrit 辫补帽肠补蝉办补苍诲丑补 defined in the Dharma-sa峁僩raha (section 22):
- Bodily-form (谤奴辫补),
- Feelings (惫别诲补苍腻),
- Perceptions (蝉补峁僯帽腻),
- Volitions (蝉补峁僺办腻谤补),
- Consciousness (惫颈箩帽腻苍补).
The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., 辫补帽肠补-蝉办补苍诲丑补, 鈥榝ive aggregates鈥�). The work is attributed to Nagarguna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.
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Partial matches: The, The, Aggregate, Te.
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Philosophy of language in the Five Nikayas (by K.T.S. Sarao)
9. The Five Aggregates (pa帽cakkhandha) < [Chapter 4 - Philosophy of Language in the Five Nik膩yas]
6.3. The Four Noble Truths < [Chapter 3 - Language and Meaning as Reflected in the Five Nik膩yas]
14. Conclusion < [Chapter 4 - Philosophy of Language in the Five Nik膩yas]
Maha Buddhavamsa鈥擳he Great Chronicle of Buddhas (by Ven. Mingun Sayadaw)
Part 17 - Notes on the Anatta-lakkha峁嘺 Sutta < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratan膩]
Nibb膩na (ultimate reality or 鈥榯he cessation of suffering鈥�) < [Chapter 6 - On P膩ramit膩]
Buddha attributes (5): Lokavid奴 < [Chapter 42 - The Dhamma Ratan膩]
Fundamentals of Vipassana Meditation (by Venerable Mah膩si Say膩daw)
Ahara as depicted in the Pancanikaya (by Le Chanh)
4.4. The operation of four kinds of Ahara < [Chapter 4 - Concept of Ahara in Buddhism]
3.5. Ahara and Five Aggregates < [Chapter 3 - Ahara and specific teachings of the Buddha]
1.2. Buddhist view on man < [Chapter 5 - Buddhist view on man and his Aharas]
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]
Visuddhimagga (the pah of purification) (by 脩膩峁嘺moli Bhikkhu)
D. Classes of Knowledge of the Aggregates < [Chapter XIV - The Aggregates (khandha-niddesa)]
Strengthening of Comprehension in Forty Ways < [Chapter XX - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Path and the Not-path]
The Twelve Similes < [Chapter XXI - Purification by Knowledge and Vision of the Way]