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Early Buddhism - Words of the Buddha

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Question, Does anything exist outside the 5 Skandas? Do the 5 skandas operate on some sort of background or just exist off each other?

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[–] waterore 1 points 2 months ago

The 5 aggregates are conditioned by each other to arise and condition the next before they pass away. The only thing that is not conditioned is nibbana.