The following talk was given at the Insight Meditation Center in Redwood City, California.

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Hello again and good day.

So for this week I'd like to invite us to explore the teachings on the five aggregates.

So I was thinking about what might be a good topic to discuss this week.

And so many beautiful topics that have been covered in these seven A and Pacific time teachings.

And I looked back and I saw that the five aggregates hasn't been discussed as a series for a long time for years.

So and it's such a rich teaching.

And I wanted to do my best to bring a heart to the five aggregate teaching because even the word, the name five aggregates, like what what is the aggregate thing?

It just seems kind of complex and and very heavy, but it's not heavy.

So let's explore.

So the five condos, condos can also be translated as heaps, as these five things.

And these five things, they are the constituents of experience.

They are the way that as human beings we experience the world and experience.

All the ways that we experience the world are through the combination of these five aspects.

Of course, experience could be cut up in so many different ways.

This is one way to cut the pipe.

So what are the five heaps? What are the five heaps?

The aspect of the heap and the reason.

So let me mention that and I'll unpack a little bit.

So the five are the first one is is form or Rupa internal external stuff, Rupa form.

And also notice that these go from course to to subtle.

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