The transitory collection of the five aggregates, the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self.

The transitory collection of the five aggregates, the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self.

The transitory collection of the five aggregates, the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self.

The transitory collection of the five aggregates, the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self.

The transitory collection of the five aggregates, which is the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self. The term ’jig tshogs (“transitory collection”; Skt. satkāya, literally “real assemblage”) here alludes to the belief in a real person (satkāyadṛṣti) or, more specifically, the view that the aggregates constitute a real person. This is typically denounced as a false view in Buddhism. However, this text makes the radical claim that beginners should be taught not to reject the composite person because, as becomes clear, there is, quite literally, nothing there to reject.

The Tibetan is literally “the destructible aggregation,” and the Sanskrit is “the existing body.” It implies the view that identifies the existence of a self in relation to the skandhas. Thhe term is also translated here as “destructible accumulation.”

Object of egoistic or materialist interest (satkāyadṛṣṭi). See “egoistic views.”

See “personalistic view.”

The transitory collection of the five aggregates, the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self.

The transitory collection of the five aggregates, the basis for the view of a self or that which belongs to a self.