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'''Formations''' (Skt. ''saṃskāra''; Tib. [[འདུ་བྱེད་]], Wyl. ''‘du byed'') | '''Formations''' (Skt. ''saṃskāra''; Tib. [[འདུ་བྱེད་]], [[Wyl.]] ''‘du byed'') — the fourth of the [[five skandhas]]. | ||
==Subdivisions== | |||
In [[Abhidharma]], formations are divided into: | |||
*concurrent formations (i.e. concurrent to consciousness), which are the [[fifty-one mental states]], and | |||
*[[non-concurrent formations]] which are neither matter nor cognition. | |||
==Alternative translations== | |||
*Conditioning factors | |||
*Mentation / mental activities (Peter Alan Roberts) | |||
[[Category:Five skandhas]] | |||
[[Category:Abhidharma]] | [[Category:Abhidharma]] | ||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | |||
Revision as of 18:42, 23 June 2019
Formations (Skt. saṃskāra; Tib. འདུ་བྱེད་, Wyl. ‘du byed) — the fourth of the five skandhas.
Subdivisions
In Abhidharma, formations are divided into:
- concurrent formations (i.e. concurrent to consciousness), which are the fifty-one mental states, and
- non-concurrent formations which are neither matter nor cognition.
Alternative translations
- Conditioning factors
- Mentation / mental activities (Peter Alan Roberts)