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Significance of Skandhas

Skandhas, in Buddhism, refers to the five aggregates that make up a person's existence, highlighting the concept of selflessness. These aggregates include form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. Different schools, such as Tibetan and Mahayana Buddhism, emphasize that Skandhas are not the self but rather elements of an impermanent and unreliable personal identity. The doctrine of 'No-Soul' is also based on the understanding of these aggregates, which constitutes a sentient being and their experiences.

Synonyms: Components, Constituents

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Buddhist concept of 'Skandhas'

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Skandhas in Buddhism represent the five aggregates of existence鈥攆orm, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness鈥攅mphasizing impermanence, selflessness, and the absence of a permanent self in personal identity and perception.

Significance in Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism):
Mahayana Books

From: Mahavastu (great story)

(1) The five aggregates that constitute a being's existence according to Buddhist doctrine, seen as impermanent and untrustworthy.[1]

From: Lankavatara Sutra

(1) The aggregates of experience which together form the basis of personal identity and perception in Buddhist thought.[2]

From: Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra

(1) The five aggregates that constitute a being's existence: form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness.[3]

Mahayana is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sutras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajnaparamita sutras.

Significance in Buddhism (general):

From: The Great Chariot

(1) The aggregates that make up a person, which are not the self, emphasizing that selflessness is present in the examination of bodily nature and consciousness.[4]

Significance in Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism):
Tibetan Buddhism Books

From: Tattvasangraha [with commentary]

(1) The grouping of five aggregates that constitute a sentient being, which the doctrine of 鈥楴o-Soul鈥� is based upon.[5]

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 (vajrayana) are collected indepently.