Tolong jelaskan mengenai Saṅkhāra

(bahasa Pali; सङ्खार; bahasa Sanskerta: संस्कार atau ) adalah sebuah istilah yang digunakan dalam Buddhisme. Kata tersebut bermakna 'formasi' atau 'apa yang telah disatukan' dan 'apa yang disatukan'.

Dalam bukunya Apa yang Sang Buddha Ajarkan (Grove Press, 1959), Walpola Rahula menjelaskan bahwa samskara dapat merujuk pada "semua hal dan keadaan yang berkondisi, interdependen, relatif, baik fisik maupun mental."

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