user254: I'm looking at this definition of dukkha:


Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha;
sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair are dukkha;
association with the unbeloved is dukkha;
separation from the loved is dukkha;
not getting what is wanted is dukkha.

In short, the five clinging-aggregates are dukkha.

Taking this definition of the five skandhas,

The first of the above (birth aging and death) might I suppose relate to "form":

"form" or "matter"[e] (Skt., Pāli रूप rūpa; Tib. gzugs): external and internal matter. Externally, rupa is the physical world. Internally, rupa includes the material body and the physical sense organs

The second of the above might relate to sensation:

"sensation" or "feeling" (Skt., Pāli वेदना vedanā; Tib. tshor-ba): sensing an object as either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral


Do the next three parts of the definition of dukkha relate to the next three skandhas? If so can you please explain how they're related (i.e. how each of the other three skandha are dukkha)? Are "association", "separation" and "not getting what is wanted" each associated with three different skandhas? Or is that all skandhas are equally able to be a type of "clinging" or attachment?

user8152: The five skandhas are the five attributes which constitutes a living being. The five Skandhas are: form (rupa), sensation (vedana), perception (samjna), mental formation (samskara), and finally consciousness (vijnana). 
Form or rupa is attributed to the six physical realms. It is anything that can be sensed or touched by the being. This even includes the beings body. The problem with separating the definition of the Dukkha's with the Skandhas is that you can't. They are all inter-related. 

The Five Skandhas are a fundamental Buddhist concept and play an important part in Buddhist doctrine. For it is through the Five Skandhas that the world (Samsara) is experienced, and nothing is experienced apart from the Five Skandhas. 

So let us look at the first definition of Dukkha and attempt to break it down. 

Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha

This sentence is explaining the pains of a finite existing body that is imperfect. This can be categorized as "form". Form also referring to the basic building blocks meaning the "four elements" or Mahābhūta. In order for a form to exist it requires consciousness, the second Skandha. Once form and consciousness makes contact (phassa), it is translated into sensation (vedana), the third Skandha. This is where the two skandhas arise known as perception (samjna) and mental formation (samskara) which reacts to the form. Without the five skandhas you would never know how birth, aging and death is dukkha. 

user111: They are related to all aggregates.

Birth is the arising of aggregates. Death is the disappearing of that which arose. Ageing is the changing in between.
Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, & despair are all Dukkhas caused by clinging to the five aggregates.
Association with unbeloved is the association with painful experiences(five aggregates). 
Separation from the loved is the separation from pleasurable/neutral experiences(five aggregates).
Not getting what is wanted means not being able to control the five aggregates at will: Not being able to retain pleasurable/neutral experiences. Not being able to keep away painful experiences.


254: <p>I'm looking at <a href="http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dhamma/sacca/sacca1/">this definition of <em>dukkha</em></a>:</p>

<blockquote>
  <ol>
  <li>Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha;</li>
  <li>sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, &amp; despair are dukkha;</li>
  <li>association with the unbeloved is dukkha;</li>
  <li>separation from the loved is dukkha;</li>
  <li>not getting what is wanted is dukkha.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>In short, the five clinging-aggregates are dukkha.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Taking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandha#The_five_skandhas">this definition</a> of the five skandhas,</p>

<ol>
<li><p>The first of the above (birth aging and death) might I suppose relate to "form":</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"form" or "matter"[e] (Skt., Pāli रूप rūpa; Tib. gzugs): external and internal matter. Externally, rupa is the physical world. Internally, rupa includes the material body and the physical sense organs</p>
</blockquote></li>
<li><p>The second of the above might relate to sensation:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"sensation" or "feeling" (Skt., Pāli वेदना vedanā; Tib. tshor-ba): sensing an object as either pleasant, unpleasant or neutral</p>
</blockquote></li>
</ol>

<p>Do the next three parts of the definition of dukkha relate to the next three skandhas? If so can you please explain how they're related (i.e. how each of the other three skandha are dukkha)? Are "association", "separation" and "not getting what is wanted" each associated with three different skandhas? Or is that all skandhas are equally able to be a type of "clinging" or attachment?</p>
 8152: <p>The five skandhas are the five attributes which constitutes a living being. The five Skandhas are: form (rupa), sensation (vedana), perception (samjna), mental formation (samskara), and finally consciousness (vijnana). </p>

<p>Form or rupa is attributed to the six physical realms. It is anything that can be sensed or touched by the being. This even includes the beings body. The problem with separating the definition of the Dukkha's with the Skandhas is that you can't. They are all inter-related. </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The Five Skandhas are a fundamental Buddhist concept and play an important part in Buddhist doctrine. For it is through the Five Skandhas that the world (Samsara) is experienced, and nothing is experienced apart from the Five Skandhas. </p>
</blockquote>

<p>So let us look at the first definition of Dukkha and attempt to break it down. </p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Birth is dukkha, aging is dukkha, death is dukkha</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This sentence is explaining the pains of a finite existing body that is imperfect. This can be categorized as "form". Form also referring to the basic building blocks meaning the "four elements" or Mahābhūta. In order for a form to exist it requires consciousness, the second Skandha. Once form and consciousness makes contact (phassa), it is translated into sensation (vedana), the third Skandha. This is where the two skandhas arise known as perception (samjna) and mental formation (samskara) which reacts to the form. Without the five skandhas you would never know how birth, aging and death is dukkha. </p>
 111: <p>They are related to all aggregates.</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Birth is the arising of aggregates. Death is the disappearing of that which arose. Ageing is the changing in between.</p></li>
<li><p>Sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, &amp; despair are all Dukkhas caused by clinging to the five aggregates.</p></li>
<li><p>Association with unbeloved is the association with painful experiences(five aggregates). </p></li>
<li><p>Separation from the loved is the separation from pleasurable/neutral experiences(five aggregates).</p></li>
<li><p>Not getting what is wanted means not being able to control the five aggregates at will: Not being able to retain pleasurable/neutral experiences. Not being able to keep away painful experiences.</p></li>
</ol>
