Often during our practice we are asked to consider the question: “Who am I?” or “What is my real self?” To help us answer these questions, the teachings urge us to closely examine and contemplate what are called the 5 aggregates, or skandhas … things that appear to form the physical and mental continuum of an individual life, or … the way the Buddha describes the totality of what constitutes the “world” and the “self.” This talk explores these 5.