The 5 Clinging-Aggregates (How Your Mind Creates Stress) || Theravada Buddhism

In this video, I talk about an important Buddhist concept called the 5 Clinging-Aggregates (upadana-khanda) & explain how it creates the stress in our lives.

I present the psychology of Clinging in a practical way, referencing the original sutras & giving a brief explanation of the 5 categories of phenomena (the 5 khandas).

Timestamp Overview
[0:00] - Intro / Dukkha / 1st Noble Truth
[2:23] - Explaining the 5 Aggregates
[3:56] - Phenomena are Neutral
[4:45] - Basics about Clinging
[5:54] - Helpful Analogies & Explication
[9:08] - 3 ways Clinging manifests as blatant stress
[11:03] - What to do?

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Thanissaro's Article about the Khandas;
https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/s...

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