Friends: There are these five Clusters of Clinging (Khandha):
The Blessed Buddha once said: Bhikkhus, there are these five Clusters of Clinging. What five? 1: The Cluster of Clinging to Form... 2: The Cluster of Clinging to Feeling... 3: The Cluster of Clinging to Perception 4: The Cluster of Clinging to Construction 5: The Cluster of Clinging to Consciousness These are the 5 Clusters of Clinging! The Noble 8-fold Way should be developed for the direct experience of these five Clusters of Clinging, for the full understanding and elimination of them, and for their final overcoming, abandoning and leaving all behind This Noble 8-fold Way is developed for the uprooting of all the five Clusters of Clinging! Explanation: The Cluster of Clinging to Form is internally as own body & externally as appearing as my world & others body The Cluster of Clinging to Feeling is the obsession with pleasant feeling, painful feeling and neutral feeling The Cluster of Clinging to Perception is the monomaniac fascination of the diverse objects of the six senses The Cluster of Clinging to Construction is fixated passion for intending, planning, attending, thinking, worrying The Cluster of Clinging to Consciousness is addiction to the seen, heard, smelt, tasted, touched, and cognized Cluster of Clinging means an assemblage, bunch, clump, collection, group or knot of tightly adhering attachment! There is nothing here outside or apart from the clusters of clinging, neither internally nor externally !!! For details on Clusters of Clinging: Khanda see: · Definition: The 5 Clusters of Clinging http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/What_are_the_5_Clusters_of_Clinging.htm · ~ as acquisition of fuel Acquisition of Fuel http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Acquisition_of_Fuel.htm · ~ as changing, painful & non-self Any Kind http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Any_Kind.htm · ~ as ownerless Not Yours http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Not_Yours.htm · ~ as binding The Leash http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/The_Leash.htm · ~ as transient Fingernail of Soil http://what-buddha-said.net/drops/Fingernail_of_Soil.htm Source (edited extract): The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book [V:60-1] section 45: The Way. 178: The 5 Cluster of Clinging... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Buddha-Direct http://groups.yahoo.com/group/What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get to your groups with one click. Know instantly when new email arrives http://us.click.yahoo.com/.7bhrC/MGxNAA/yQLSAA/JcWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Alternatif-Net : A Discussion Forum Focusing on Issues Related to Justice Forum Perbincangan Maya Yang Fokus Kepada Isu Keadilan Disclaimer: Messages sent do not represent the stand of the Barisan Alternatif (BA) unless otherwise stated Complaint : Send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Sub : Send blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsub : Send blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alternatif-net/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
