The five aggregates : understanding Theravada psychology and soteriology / / Mathieu Boisvert

• Autore: Boisvert Mathieu <1963->
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, : Published for the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion by Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1995
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 294.3/91
• Soggetto topico: Theravada Buddhism - Doctrines; Theravada Buddhism - Psychology; Salvation - Buddhism
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-162) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Table of Contents for The Five Aggregates: Understanding Theravaada Psychology and Soteriology by Mathieu Boisvert List of Tables Acknowledgments Foreword Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Concept of Khandha Etymology of the term Khanda The Five Aggregates and the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta Pancakkhandha and Pancupadanakkhandha 2. The Rupakkhandha The Four Primary Material Elements ( Mahabhuta ) The Secondary Materials ( Upadarupa ) The Three Divisions of Matter Further Classifications of Matter Implications of the Previous Classifications Correlation between the Rupakkhandha and the Paticcasamuppada 3. The Vedanakkhandha The Eradication of Vedana The State of Sannavedayitanirodha The State of Vedanakkhaya Vedana as Bifurcation Point Wholesome and Unwholesome Vedana 4. The Sannakkhandha Unwholesome Sanna Wholesome Sanna Wholesome Sanna and the Sannakkhandha Correlation between Sanna and the Paticcasamuppada 5. The Sankharakkhandha Polysemy of the Term Sankhara Sankhara as Sankhata Sankhara as Paccaya Sankhara Used in the Compound Ayusankhara Sankhara Used in the Compounds Asankhara and Sasankhara General Meaning of the Term Sankhara The Sankharakkhandha Correlation between the Sankharakkhandha and the Paticcasamuppada 6. The Vinnanakkhandha The Function of Vinnana Vinnana and Mano Vinnana as Rebirth and Death Consciousness Correlation between Vinnana and the Paticcasamuppada 7. Interrelation of the Aggregates The Position of Vinnana in the Enumeration of the Pancakkhandha Correlation between Four Aggregates and the Paticcasamuppada Inclusion of i>Sanna in the Paticcasamuppada Formula Vipassana and the Pancakkhandha Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index
• Sommario/riassunto: If Buddhism denies a permanent self, how does it perceive identity? According to Buddhist texts, the entire universe, including the individual, is made up of different phenomena, which Buddhism classifies into different categories: what we conventionally call a “person” can be understood in terms of five aggregates, the sum of which must not be taken for a permanent entity, since beings are nothing but an amalgam of ever-changing phenomena. Although the aggregates are only a “convenient fiction,” the Buddha nevertheless made frequent use of the aggregate scheme when asked to explain the elements at work in the individual. In this study Mathieu Boisvert presents a detailed analysis of the five aggregates (pañcakkhandhā) and establishes how the Theravda tradition views their interaction. He clarifies the fundamentals of Buddhist psychology by providing a rigorous examination of the nature and interrelation of each of the aggregates and by establishing, for the first time, how the function of each of these aggregates chains beings to the cycle of birth, death and rebirth — the theory of dependent origination (paticcasamuppāda). Boisvert contends that without a thorough understanding of the five aggregates, we cannot grasp the liberation process at work within the individual, who is, after all, simply an amalgam of the five aggregates. The Five Aggregates represents an important and original contribution to Buddhist studies and will be of great interest to all scholars and students of Buddhism.
• Titolo autorizzato: The five aggregates
• ISBN: 1-280-92497-7; 9786610924974; 0-88920-878-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910809518903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Editions SR ; ; v. 17.