• Skandhas (Sanskrit) or khandhas (Pāḷi) means "heaps, aggregates, collections, groupings, clusters". In Buddhism, it refers to the five aggregates of clinging...
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  • This definition is given in Pravachanasara. Skandhas and Paramanus are two types of Pudgalas (Matter). Skandha are of six types: Gross-gross, gross, gross-fine...
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    release from Saṃsāra, karma and rebirth as well as the dissolution of the skandhas. In some Mahāyāna scriptures, notably the Mahāyāna Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra...
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    "not apprehended".: 227  A tathāgata has abandoned that clinging to the skandhas (personality factors) that render citta (the mind) a bounded, measurable...
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    the arising and disappearance (udayabbaya) of the five Skandhas"; "the realisation of the Skandhas as empty (rittaka), vain (tucchaka) and without any pith...
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    proper). Another key element of his teachings are the concepts of the five skandhas and dependent origination, describing how all dharmas (both mental states...
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    of five skandhas or heaps - the body, feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness. The belief in a self or soul, over these five skandhas, is illusory...
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  • of five skandhas or heaps - the body, feelings, perceptions, impulses and consciousness. The belief in a self or soul, over these five skandhas, is illusory...
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  • name and form (see: Namarupa) and so are one of the five aggregates (see: skandhas).[citation needed] Sankhatas can be either pernicious, neutral or positive...
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    factors Mindstream Parinirvana Pratītyasamutpāda Rebirth Saṃsāra Saṅkhāra Skandha Śūnyatā Taṇhā (Craving) Tathātā Ten Fetters Three marks of existence Anicca...
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