The Life of Rahul - The Chain

1. "form" or "matter"[e] (Skt., P?li r?pa; Tib. gzugs): external and internal matter. Externally, rupa is the physical world. Internally, rupa includes the material body and the physical sense organs.[f]
2. "sensation" or "feeling" (Skt., P?li vedan?; Tib. tshor-ba): sensing an object[g] as either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral.[h][i]
3. "perception", "conception", "apperception", "cognition", or "discrimination" (Skt. samjñ?, P?li saññ?, Tib. 'du-shes): registers whether an object is recognized or not (for instance, the sound of a bell or the shape of a tree).
4. "mental formations", "impulses", "volition", or "compositional factors" (Skt. samsk?ra, P?li sa?kh?ra, Tib. 'du-byed): all types of mental habits, thoughts, ideas, opinions, prejudices, compulsions, and decisions triggered by an object.[j]
5. "consciousness" or "discernment"[k] (Skt. vijñ?na, P?li viññ??a,[l] Tib. rnam-par-shes-pa):

   1. In the Nikayas/?gamas: cognizance,[5][m] that which discerns[6][n]
   2. In the Abhidhamma: a series of rapidly changing interconnected discrete acts of cognizance.[o]
   3. In some Mahayana sources: the base that supports all experience.[p]

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