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Five aggregates

Form, feeling, perception, mental formations, and consciousness are the five bases of clinging.

1. Form: the material body and material phenomena.
2. Feeling: pleasant, painful, or neutral experience.
3. Perception: recognition and identification.
4. Mental formations: intentions and other constructed mental activities.
5. Consciousness: awareness through the six senses.

None of the five is permanent, satisfactory, or self.

Relevant suttas

• SN 22.59 — The Characteristic of Not-Self (read here)
• Listen to SN 22.59 (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 14:18)
• SN 22.95 — A Lump of Foam (read here)
• Listen to SN 22.95 (Candana Bhikkhu audio · 15:01)

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