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things viz the material form (Rupa), the feeling (Vedna), the perception (sangna), co-efficients of consciousness (samskara) and the consciousness (vignana). Excepting for a combination of all these, the soul has no independent real existence.
The Buddhist philosophy does not accept the real independent existence of the soul, but accepts the existence of the mind and its different mental states They define th abov fiv things (skandhas) as follows:
1. The Form (Rupa Skandha)
The etimological origin of the word 'RUPA' the form, is explained in two ways One is "Rupyante Aebhir Vishya' ie that by which the subject is introduced The other is "Rupante iti Rupanı" ie the thing which is introduced viz the subject Thus the Rupa skandha is expressive of the senses and the body which is in contact with the subject
2 The Initial Consciousness Vigyan skandha. This pertains to the knowledge of self, and that of form and taste etc through senses Both these knowledges are predicable by Vigyan Skandha
3 Feeling or Experience Vedna Skandha
After securing the knowledge of external things the effect such a knowledge has on the mind is of three types (i) that which causes happiness, (u) that which causes pain and (m) that which causes neither pain nor happiness.
