Khandha
The Khandhas, also known as the five aggregates or five heaps, are a fundamental concept in Buddhism used to analyze the nature of sentient beings and their experience of existence. They are not considered inherent or permanent entities but rather constantly changing processes that constitute what we perceive as a self. Understanding the Khandhas is crucial for developing insight into impermanence, suffering, and non-self, which are central tenets of Buddhist philosophy.
The five Khandhas are form (rupa), feeling (vedana), perception (sanna), mental formations (sankhara), and consciousness (vinnana).
Buddhism teaches that there is no permanent, unchanging self or soul that exists independently of these five