This repository contains files for an interactive web experience explaining the Five Skandhas concept from Buddhism, including:
index.html
- Main informational page with interactive elementsstyles.css
- Styling for the main pageskandhaData.js
- Data structures for the Five SkandhasvisualizationController.js
- Controls for the interactive visualizationexampleController.js
- Controls for the interactive examplesposter.html
- Printable poster designIn Buddhist philosophy, the Five Skandhas (or Aggregates) represent the five aspects that constitute human experience. Together, they explain how we perceive reality and form our sense of self.
Skandha | Sanskrit | Function | Description | Interdependent With |
---|---|---|---|---|
Form | Rūpa | Physical structure | Material body and external matter; what we can see, touch, sense | All |
Sensation | Vedanā | Feeling | Experience of pleasure, pain, or neutrality arising from contact | Perception, Form |
Perception | Saññā | Recognition | Identification and labeling of sensory input | Sensation, Form |
Mental Formations | Saṅkhāra | Volition | Intentions, habits, thoughts, karmic tendencies | Perception, Sensation |
Consciousness | Viññāṇa | Awareness | Basic awareness of experience, tied to the other aggregates | All |
Understanding the Five Skandhas helps us recognize that what we consider our "self" is actually a collection of ever-changing processes rather than a fixed entity.
This project includes several interactive elements:
Simply open index.html
in a modern web browser to explore the interactive elements. For printing the poster version, open poster.html
and use your browser's print functionality.