Buddhist Morning Thoughts

Five Components


The Realm of the Five Components

This is the place where there are differences among people in terms of material law and spiritual law. The five components are:

  1. The Component of Form – indicates physical and material existence
  2. The Component of Perception – the function to receive information
  3. The Component of Conception – the function of forming an idea or concept about the information received.
  4. The Component of Volition – the function of creating intention or desire
  5. The Component of Consciousness – the function to understand all aspects of existence

saha world

  sahā world   [娑婆世界]   ( shaba-sekai ) :  This world, which is full of suffering. Often translated as the world of endurance.  Sahā  means ...