Extracted from the excellent English(!) version of the Wikipedia article.

The five skandhas refes to the five aggregates of clinging, the five material and mental factors that take part in the rise of craving and clinging.

1. form
   matter, body or “material form” of a being or any existence
2. sensation
   sensory experience of an object. It is either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral.
3. perception
   sensory and mental process that registers, recognizes and labels (for instance, the shape of a tree, color green, emotion of fear)
4. mental formations
   types of mental imprints and conditioning triggered by an object. Includes any process that makes a person initiate action or act.
5. conciousness
   awareness of an object and discrimination of its components and aspects.

(TPA, course “Inner clarity through meditation”, Nov. 2021)

1. sensual pleasure
2. mental formations → leads to action, to the wish to change something
3. ignorance → leads to karmic formation

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