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The Five Skandhas (Aggregates)

and the Eight Consciousnesses


1 2 3 4 5
FORM FEELING PERCEPTION MENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS
VAJRA FAMILY RATNA FAMILY PADMA FAMILY FORMATION BUDDHA FAMILY
KARMA FAMILY

FORM FEELING PERCEPTION MENTAL


This includes the four Sensations. All our sensations Perceptions arise in relation to FORMATION
elements – earth, water, fire, – pleasant, neutral or what is sensed from the six Also called volitional activity or 1st - 5th.
wind. unpleasant – are experienced senses. will. That is, intentional acts;
through the contact of physical FIVE SENSE
acts performed out of choice.
Also the 5 sense organs and and mental organs with the Perceptions give rise to CONSCIOUSNESSES
their corresponding objects in external world. labeling and recognition, and This element in the personality Visual, Auditory, Smell,
the world: to accepting and rejecting. directs the mind in the sphere Taste, Touch
Eye – visible form of positive, negative or neutral
Ear – sound activities, and produces karmic
Nose – smell effects.
Mouth – taste
Skin – sensation
6th.
MENTAL
CONSCIOUSNESS
CONSCIOUSNESS
The space of awareness. The first five are a reaction or response connected to one of the six senses. For example, when the eye comes
into contact with a color, visual consciousness arises. This is simply awareness of a color; it does not recognize the color – perception
causes recognition and thus labelling. It operates in the present only.
7th.
The sixth consciousness – Mental Consciousness – carries the activity of thinking and analyzes the perceptions of the senses. It can also EMOTION (KLESHA)
analyze in relation to past, present and future. CONSCIOUSNESS
The seventh consciousness is the Emotion or Klesha consciousness. This level of consciousness interprets the energy coming from the
Alaya as a solidly existing, separate self, and reacts with clinging, aversion or ignorance.
8th.
The eighth consciousness is the Alaya, the storehouse consciousness where habits / karmic imprints are stored. It is also present STOREHOUSE
moment awareness. All thoughts arise from and go back to this state; it is the ground awareness. This level of consciousness is very
CONSCIOUSNESS
subtle and vast like an ocean.
(ALAYA)

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