དཔང་སྐང་ཕྱག་བརྒྱ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ notes.25

notes.25

25. These three classifications of elements (dharma) are, following the Abhidharma, ways to describe the impersonal constituents that go to make up a person. The five aggregates collect all conditioned elements, while the eighteen domains are comprised of the six types of objects, the six corresponding faculties—five sensory and one mental—and the six consciousnesses. The twelve bases are the six objects and the six corresponding faculties that serve as sources of cognition.