Dear Thomas,
Op 29-jun-2010, om 7:49 heeft thomaslaw03 het volgende geschreven:

> Are there any references in the nikayas (such as Samyutta Nikaya)
> indicating the Buddha says that there is nothing outside the five
> khandas?

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N: The khandhas comprise all conditioned dhammas. Nibbaana is not a
khandha, it is the unconditioned dhamma, it does not arise and fall
away.

In S. IV, 14, the Chapter about the All, the all, it is said that the
all is: eye and object, ear and sound... etc. And that there is no
other all.
All these realities are included in the five khandhas.

S III, 26, Understanding. Here the Buddha explains what should be
understood: body, feeling, etc. Thus again the five khandhas, all
conditioned realities.
If there were something else the Buddha would say so.

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Nina.



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