An Analysis the Process of the Five Aggregates According to Buddhist Epistemology

Abstract

This research has objectives are: 1) to study the process of the five aggregates (Pancakhandha) in Buddhist philosophy, 2) to study the Buddhist epistemology related to the process of the five aggregates (Pancakhandha), and 3) to analyze the process of the five aggregates (Pancakhandha) according to Buddhist epistemology which is a documentary research by studying from the Tripitaka, Thesis work related to the five aggregates
(Pancakhandha) and related research, used methods to analyze data by reasoning and reasoning, then presented the research results by descriptive analysis method.
The results of research found that:
1. The process of the five aggregates (Pancakhandha) in Buddhist philosophy, it is found that the five aggregates (Pancakhandha) are the combination of the components of the process of life, namely the body, the senses, the cognitive memory, the composition, the enlightenment, also known as the form and the name. It is a trait that leads to a realistic consideration in order for life to escape from the cycle of death and birth in matter.
2. Buddhist epistemology related to the process of the five aggregates
(Pancakhandha), it was found that the form of the aggregate resulted in concrete knowledge, i.e., the four elements, while the other four aggregates resulted in abstract knowledge, i.e. the feeling that the nature of emotion was possible in the body, perception is the knowledge of symptoms and signs which can be realized by virtue of the six senses, mental formation is the knowledge of intentions that guides the mind for good or evil, consciousness is the insight in the emotions through the five senses and the mind.
3. After taking Buddhist epistemology to analyze the process of the five aggregates (Pancakhandha), it was known that all things were formed from the four elements, namely, earth, water, wind, fire, and there were also four other elements, namely feeling, perception, mental formation, and consciousness where feeling is the realm of happiness, perception is the realm of memory, mental formation is the realm of self, and consciousness is the realm of enlightenment in emotions, there is spiritual vision (Cakkhu), etc.