FIVE AGGREGATES Understanding Theravada, Psychology & Soteriology by M. Boisvert

Description: The Five Aggregates: Understanding Theravada, Psychology and Soteriology Mathieu Boisvert Published by Sri Satguru Publications, 1997. Cloth hardcover with scuffing and wear to covers else good binding sound good reference copy. 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 Boisyert presents a detailed analysis of the five aggregates (pancakkhandha) and establishes how the Theravada 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 (paticcasamuppada). 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. Contents: List of Tables Foreword Introduction 1. THE CONCEPT OF KHANDHA : i. Etymology of the Term Khndha ii. The Five Aggregates and the Dhammacakkappavattanasutta iii. Pancakkandha and Pancupadanakkhandha 2. THE RUPAKKHANDHA : i. The Four Primary Material Elements (Mahabhuta) ii. The Secondary Material Elements (Upadarupa) iii. The Three Divisions of Matter iv. Further Classifications of Matter v. Implications of the Previous Classifications vi. Correlation between the Rupakkhandha and the Paticcasamuppada 3. THE VEDANAKKHANDHA : i. The Eradication of Vedana ii. The State of Sannavedayitanirodha iii. The State of Vedanakkhaya iv. Vedana as Bifurcation Point v. Wholesome and Unwholesome Vedana 4. THE SANNAKKHANDHA : i. Unwholesome Sanna ii. Wholesome Sanna iii. Wholesome Sanna and the Sannakkhandha iv. Correlation between Sanna and the Paticcasamuppada 5. THE SANKHARAKKHANDHA : i. Polysemy of the Term Sankhara ii. Sankhara as Sankhata iii. Sankhara as Paccaya iv. Sankhara Used in the Compound Ayusankhara v. Sankhara Used in the Compound Asankhara and Sasankhara vi. General Meaning of the Term Sankhara vii. The Sankharakkhandha viii. Correlation between the Sankharakkhandha and the Paticcasamuppada 6. THE VINNANAKKHANDHA : i. The Function of Vinnana ii. Vinnana and Mano iii. Vinnana as Rebirth and Death Consciousness iv. Correlation between Vinnana and the Paticcasamuppada 7. INTERRELATION OF THE AGGREGATES : i. The Position of Vinnana in the Enumeration of the Paticcasamuppada ii. Inclusion of Sanna in the Paticcasamuppada Formula Vipassana and the Pancakkhandha Conclusion Printed Pages: 178.

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