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**CalBettaulp** · 03-29-2010, 06:14 AM

Next, the fourth khandha, or aggregate of clinging, is called sankhara-khandha. Sankhara in this case has a special meaning. Literally it means to form, but here it specifically means "to form" in a mental way, that is, to think. As a verb, sankhara means to condition, to give rise to or to cause. As a noun, it means "formation," either the act of forming or the state of having been formed or both.

03-29-2010, 06:14 AM	#3
CalBettaulp Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 342 Senior Member	Next, the fourth khandha, or aggregate of clinging, is called sankhara-khandha. Sankhara in this case has a special meaning. Literally it means to form, but here it specifically means "to form" in a mental way, that is, to think. As a verb, sankhara means to condition, to give rise to or to cause. As a noun, it means "formation," either the act of forming or the state of having been formed or both.
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