Five Aggregates

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The Reasons for the Structure of the Five Aggregates
The usual structure of the five aggregates is formulated in terms of our moment-to-moment experience, going from grossest to the most subtle.
in The Five Aggregates
Explanation of the 16 Aspects of the 4 Noble Truths
We need to develop a deeper understanding of the four noble truths by understanding its sixteen aspects.
in The Five Paths
Basic Scheme of the Five Aggregates
The five aggregates constitute a classification scheme for the variables of our experience and their components. 
in The Five Aggregates
The Four Buddhist Tenet Systems Regarding the Self
The Prasangika refutation of the so-called “false self” provides the subtlest, most sophisticated deconstruction of this misconceived version of how we and others exist. In order to understand fully the Prasangika view, we need to go step by step through the grosser...
in The Indian Tenet Systems
Meditations for Recognizing the Five Aggregates
The five aggregates perpetuate suffering and unsatisfactory happiness, yet the state of mind that will get rid of the source of our suffering is within the five aggregates.
in The Five Aggregates
The Aggregate of Forms of Physical Phenomena
What does the aggregate of forms of physical phenomena include?
in The Five Aggregates
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