Five Aggregates (pañcakkhandhā)
Indeterminate qualities / Five Aggregates 
Part of key topic Dependent Origination
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Subsumes: Five aggregates affected by clinging (pañcupādānakkhandhā, Five clinging-aggregates), Name and form (nāma-rūpa)
Also a subtag of Mindfulness of dhammas
Subtags: Body/form, Feeling, Perception, Volitional formations, Consciousness
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Thanksgiving Retreat 2010, Session 6 – Nov. 25, 2010

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14. “Regarding the bare mind separate from its object, which of the Five Aggregates is it? Presumably even this mind is impermanent, yes?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Nature of mind] [Aggregates] [Impermanence] // [Liberation] [Language]

Sutta: MN 43.9: Feeling, perception, and consciousness are conjoined. [Aggregates]


Thanksgiving Retreat 2012, Session 8 – Nov. 24, 2010

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15. “I’ve always felt a draw to the Fire Sermon (SN 35.28). Could you expound a bit more on this teaching?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Sutta ] [Teaching Dhamma] // [Sense bases] [Similes] [Unwholesome Roots] [Disenchantment] [Buddha/Biography]

The three cardinal suttas give different frameworks for investigation: [Insight meditation]

Sutta: SN 56.11: Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta; Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 2. [Four Noble Truths]

Sutta: SN 22.59: Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta; Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 14. [Not-self] [Aggregates]

Sutta: SN 35.28: Ādittapariyāya Sutta; Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 24.


The Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness, Session 21 – Feb. 5, 2013

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2. “How is nama-rupa usually defined?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Consciousness] [Aggregates] // [Volition]

Sutta: SN 12.67: Sheaves of reeds. [Aggregates] [Similes]