Five Skandhas | Buddhist Teachings

Five Skandhas: Core Buddhist doctrines with Sanskrit/Pāli terms and primary-source orientation for university Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.

Overview

Five Skandhas: Core Buddhist doctrines with Sanskrit/Pāli terms and primary-source orientation for university Buddhist studies. For university Buddhist studies and primary-source research.

Key topics

  • Buddhist Teachings
  • Five Skandhas
  • Buddhist studies exam
  • CBETA
  • canon studies
  • Hong Kong Buddhism

Module

This page belongs to the Buddhist Teachings section.

Full article in Chinese

The complete scholarly article with extended analysis and primary-source citations is available in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Further Reading

Further reading

Doctrine topics

Buddhist art illustration

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Glossary

five aggregates
Sanskrit: pañca-skandha · Pāli: pañcakkhandha
saṃskāra
Sanskrit: saṃskāra · Pāli: saṅkhāra

CBETA Scripture Links

CBETA reader interface is in Chinese; search results link to the scripture.

Further Academic Reading

Selected papers from the NTU Buddhist Digital Library (catalog titles may be in Chinese or Japanese).