Personhood
Personhood

Who am I? What am I made of?

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Age Group: 11–16
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  • Last modified: November 4, 2022
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Who am I? What am I made of? These universal questions are approached in a structured and reasoned way in Buddhist thought. We present the topic here in two subsections: the Five Aggregates of early Buddhism, and Shunyata and Buddha nature following the Mahayana tradition.

 

The content presented here follows the AQA GCSE Religious Studies A specification. If you are seeking further detail please see our resources in the 16-19 section of the website or Discovering Buddhism by Dominique Side for further reading.

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