ཕུང་པོ་ལྔ། | Glossary of Terms

See “aggregate”.

Form, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness.

The five constituents of a living entity: form, sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness.

The five aggregates of form, sensation, ideation, formation, and consciousness. On the individual level, the five aggregates refer to the basis upon which the mistaken idea of a self is projected. They are referred to as the “bases for appropriation” (Skt. upādāna) insofar as all conceptual grasping arises based on these aggregates.

The five aggregates (skandha) of form, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness. On the individual level the five aggregates refer to the basis upon which the mistaken idea of a self is projected.

See “five aggregates for appropriation.”

The five constituents of a living entity: form, sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness.

The five aggregates of form, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness. On the individual level, the five aggregates refer to the basis upon which the mistaken idea of a self is projected.

The constituents of a human being: form, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness.

The basic components out of which the world and the personal self are formed, usually listed as a set of five: form, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness.

Five collections of similar dharmas under which all dependently arisen dharmas may be included: form (materiality), feeling, notion, assembled factors, and consciousness.

In Buddhist philosophy, the five basic constituents upon which persons are conventionally designated. They are material forms, sensations, perceptions, formations, and consciousness.

The five “aggregates” comprising a living being.

See “aggregate.”

The ordinary mind-body complex is termed the “five psycho-physical aggregates,” which comprise physical forms, feelings, perceptions, formative predispositions, and consciousness. For a detailed exposition of the five psycho-physical aggregates in accord with Asaṅga’s Abhidharma­samuccaya, see Jamgon Kongtrul, TOK Book 6, Pt. 2: pp. 477–531.

The ordinary mind-body complex is termed the “five psycho-physical aggregates,” which comprise physical forms, feelings, perceptions, formative predispositions, and consciousness.

For a detailed exposition of the five psycho-physical aggregates in accord with A­saṅga’s Abhi­dharma­samuccaya, see Jamgon Kongtrul, TOK Book 6, Pt. 2: 477–531.

The five skandhas, or aggregates, are form, feeling, perception, formation, and consciousness. On the individual level the five aggregates refer to the basis upon which the mistaken idea of a self is projected.

The five constituents of a living entity: form, sensation, perception, mental formations, and consciousness.