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So I Have Heard From the Blessed One: Anirudh Speaks to the Buddha

Echoes Of India: A History Podcast

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The Five Aggregates of Suffering

Pudga: Our bodies are made up of five masses, or aggregates. The first is form, your shape, your physical presence. Without nutriment, it ends. Feeling is born from the interaction of the senses with the world. When this interaction increases, feelings grow. But because they are all permanent, they cannot be made to conform to our desire for endless pleasure. They can never fulfil your hopes of perfect joy and security,. Because they don't last. And thus, each of the five aggregates conceals a danger. You think you are in control of them, but they are pepetually devouring you. To be like a man who employs as his

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