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==Subdivisions== | ==Subdivisions== | ||
In [[Abhidharma]], formations are divided into: | In [[Abhidharma]], formations are divided into: | ||
*[[ | *concurrent formations, which are the [[fifty-one mental states]], and | ||
*[[non-concurrent formations]]. | *[[non-concurrent formations]] which are neither matter nor cognition. | ||
==Alternative translations== | ==Alternative translations== | ||
Revision as of 18:39, 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, 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)