The Buddha Project Reply To: Five aggregates and the omnipresent mental factors
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Dear Ven. Gendun,
I can’t tell you how grateful I am that you are sharing your wisdom and experience in such a generous and accessible way. I am overjoyed to join this training.
This is a very tricky question to think about. I think that Form arises from one or more of the 4 elements and the Consciousnesses arise from the other aggregates coming into Contact with particular Forms. Mental factors arise when Consciousness comes into Contact with the other aggregates. Contact / Perception leads to Feeling which, due to Mental Formations, leads to Intention, which directs Attention.
Is this on the right track at all?
With profound gratitude,
Sara Caldwell