The Five Skandhas are the components of experiential reality from "summary" of Buddhism For Dummies by Jonathan Landaw,Stephan Bodian,Gudrun Bühnemann
The Five Skandhas, or heaps, represent the different aspects of human experience according to Buddhist philosophy. These components are form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness. Form refers to the physical body and the material world that we perceive through our senses. Feeling represents the different emotions and sensations that arise in response to our experiences. Perception involves the recognition and categorization of these experiences based on our pa...
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