Understanding The Five Aggregates (Skandhas) - Cliff Wallshein

Member's Talk by Cliff Wallshein (Won Bup Shin) (Mar/20/2016) @ Won Buddhism of Manhattan
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Buddha turned his mind inward and realized that all he or (we), could ever know about the world- was that which --we could be conscious of. This holds true even today, for no matter how powerful the instruments we create they are ultimately just extensions or augmentations to of our existing senses.
It's only the last 100 years we in the west broke the mind into 2 parts the unconscious that which is experiential yet unknown, and the information that is potentially available to know, or Known our “field of consciousness” or simply consciousness.

Buddha observed that for there to be Consciousness. There has to be consciousness ..of something.
He pointed out that there are only -2 basic objects we can be conscious of physical objects or the physical world; which is Sense consciousness, the source of which is stimulus from the nerves of the corresponding sense organs (Eye ear nose)and contact with their respective physical object and mental objects that is all thoughts…, ideas, memories visualizations, desires and so on arising in the mind.

The Body is considered the source of the physical sense organs it is called Rupa ( Pali for Form) and the Mind is the source of mental object or thoughts Nama (which in pali means “name”), Together these are known as the 6 sense bases. These are the building blocks from which we create our reality and our sense of self. The misconstruction (misconception) of which is called ignorance, in Buddhism this is considered to be the root cause of all suffering.

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