The Five Aggregates

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-                        <h5><i class="bi bi-person-check"></i><a href="https://cheatsheets.davidveksler.com/leadership.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" title="Modern principles applying mindfulness and related concepts to effective leadership.">Five Rules of Leadership</a></h5>
-                        <p class="description" style="text-align: left; font-style: normal; font-size: 0.8em">(Modern application, not specific Sutta list)</p>
-                        <ol><li>Have a purpose (Right Intention)</li><li>Have a mission (Right Livelihood/Action)</li><li>Have a vision (Right View)</li><li>Set the tone (Ethical Conduct/Speech)</li><li>Be mindful (Right Mindfulness/Effort)</li></ol>
-                        <div class="practice-pointer" style="margin-top: 10px;">Apply Buddhist principles (mindfulness, Sila, Karuna, Paññā, Upekkha) to leadership for effectiveness, resilience, & well-being.</div>
+                        <h5><i class="bi bi-stack"></i><a href="https://accesstoinsight.org/lib/study/khandha.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" title="The five components that constitute what we perceive as a 'being' or 'self'.">The Five <span class="toggle-term"><span class="en">Aggregates</span><span class="pi">Pañca Khandha</span></span></a><i class="bi bi-book-half sutta-ref-trigger" data-bs-toggle="popover" data-bs-placement="top" data-bs-trigger="hover focus" data-bs-html="true" data-bs-title="Key Sutta References" data-bs-content="SN 22.48 (Khandha Sutta)<br><a href='https://suttacentral.net/sn22.48' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>View SN 22.48</a><hr style='margin: 3px 0;'>SN 22.59 (Anattalakkhana Sutta)<br><a href='https://suttacentral.net/sn22.59' target='_blank' rel='noopener'>View SN 22.59</a>"></i></h5>
+                        <p class="description" style="text-align: left; font-style: normal;">The components of "self":</p>
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+                            <li><span class="toggle-term" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Physical body, sense organs, and the material world."><span class="en">Form/Matter</span><span class="pi">Rūpa</span></span></li>
+                            <li><span class="toggle-term" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Pleasant, unpleasant, or neutral sensations arising from contact."><span class="en">Feeling/Sensation</span><span class="pi">Vedanā</span></span></li>
+                            <li><span class="toggle-term" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Recognition, identification, and labeling of experiences."><span class="en">Perception</span><span class="pi">Saññā</span></span></li>
+                            <li><span class="toggle-term" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Volitional activities, intentions, mental habits, and dispositions."><span class="en">Mental Formations</span><span class="pi">Saṅkhārā</span></span></li>
+                            <li><span class="toggle-term" data-bs-toggle="tooltip" data-bs-placement="top" title="Awareness or consciousness arising through sense contact."><span class="en">Consciousness</span><span class="pi">Viññāṇa</span></span></li>
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+                        <div class="collapse practice-pointer" id="pp-aggregates">Observe experiences as arising within these aggregates. Note their impermanence & impersonality to weaken self-identification and see Anattā (not-self).</div>
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