Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Five Skandhas

I rather like this presentation of the five heaps: http://bodhi.sofiatopia.org/skandhas.htm

Taken from it:
  1. "rûpa": embodied phenomena, having form, corporeal;
  2. "vedanâ": feelings;
  3. "samjñâ": recognition, assimilation of perceptions;
  4. "samskâra": putting together, forming, synergy, process, volitional dispositions;
  5. "vijñâna": distinguishing, discerning, understanding, comprehending, skill, proficiency, consciousness, thought-faculty, sentience.