VIDEO 4.7.3.2 Basic Buddhist Philosophy. Five Strands That Make up a Person. (9:10)

    

Hinduism believes in reincarnation of the soul while Buddhism believes in rebirth of the human being. In Buddhism a person is comprised of five interwoven strands or skandhas. The personal desire to exist provides the cohesion which holds these impermanent and changing characteristics of the person together. Watch this video to learn the names of five strands that make up a person and discover together with David Shenk why the steps in the Buddhist temple of Boro Budur are not the same space from each other. 

   

 

 

 

 

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