Skandha - Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma

Understanding in Theravada Abhidhamma

The Five Aggregates (pañca khandha)
according to the Pali Canon.
form (rūpa)
↓
↓ ↑

consciousness
(viññāna)




→
←



←

feeling
(vedanā)

perception
(sañña)

formation
(saṅkhāra)
  • Form is derived from the Four Great Elements.
  • Consciousness arises from other aggregates.
  • Mental Factors arise from the Contact of
    Consciousness and other aggregates.
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While early Buddhism reflects the teachings as found in the Pali Sutta Pitaka and the Chinese Agama, the Early Buddhist schools developed detailed analyses and overviews of the teachings found in those sutras, called Abhidharma. Each school developed its own Abhidharma. the best known is the Theravāda Abhidhamma. The Sarvāstivāda Abhidharma has been preserved partly in the Chinese Agama.

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