Annata — No Separate Self
Last week we came to the fifth of the Five Aggregates and what did we find? That not one of
Category: five aggregates
Consciousness, The Fifth Aggregate
As we look at each of the Five Aggregates that constitute the ways we experience being and what we hold
Urges, impulses and intentions, oh my!
The fourth Aggregate is volition. Like feeling tones and cognition, this is a mental formation, made of thoughts and emotions.
What to do when we feel helpless
I attended a dharma talk by Rick Hanson this week about the Three Marks or Characteristics: impermanence (anicca), the universal
The Wizard of Oz — A Buddhist View
We have been investigating the first three of the Five Aggregates, those ways we experience life that we typically mistake
‘Am I what I know and how I know it?’
We continue to explore the Buddha’s Five Aggregates in the Fourth Foundation of Mindfulness. We have looked at material form
Spring Cleaning
The Buddha is quoted in the Pali Canon as saying that to define yourself in any way is to limit
‘Am I defined by my preferences?’
Last week we began an exploration of the Buddha’s Five Aggregates. We explored the First Aggregate, material form. We considered
‘Who Am I?’
(The Buddha taught the Four Foundations of Mindfulness in a certain order for a reason. If you are reading this
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