Open AccessThe Five-Aggregate Model of the Mind
Author(s) -
Nandini Karunamuni
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
sage open
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 2158-2440
DOI - 10.1177/2158244015583860
Subject(s) - meditation , consciousness , psychology , perception , mindfulness , feeling , volition (linguistics) , cognitive psychology , mind wandering , psychological intervention , cognitive science , moment (physics) , perspective (graphical) , buddhism , epistemology , social psychology , cognition , psychotherapist , computer science , neuroscience , philosophy , artificial intelligence , linguistics , physics , theology , classical mechanics , psychiatry
The purpose of this article is to explore a model of the mindgenerally known as “the five aggregates” described in Buddhist teachings that relates tounderstanding subjective conscious experience from a first-person perspective. Thismodel is explored as a potential theoretical resource that could guidemeditation/mindfulness interventions. According to the five-aggregate model of the mind,all our experience involves material form, feelings, perception, volition, and sensoryconsciousness. The mind stream that is constantly changing from moment to moment isextensively analyzed in this tradition. This article explains that methodologies inneuroscience increase our understanding of neurophysiological underpinnings of mentalphenomena and also provide important evidence on the practical utility of meditation.When considering moment-by-moment changes that happen in the mind, however, theseinvestigations represent sensory consciousness followed by perception that happenswithin the mind stream itself. Practical applications of the model are alsopresented
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