Sankhara

(Pali: सङ्खार) or (Sanskrit: संस्कार) is an important term featuring prominently in the teaching of the Buddha. Synonyms:行 Chinese: xíng; Japanese: gyō; Vietnamese: hànhའདུ་བྱེད་ Tibetan: 'du.byed is used in two senses; as meaning either 'that which has been put together' or 'that which puts together'. In the first (passive) sense it can refer to any compound form in the universe whether a tree, a cloud, a human being, a thought or a molecule. All these are . The Buddha taught that all such things are impermanent, arising and passing away, and that knowing this is wisdom. is often used in this first sense to describe the psychological conditioning (particularly the habit patterns of the unconscious mind) that gives any individual human being his or her unique character and make-up at any given time (see also sanskara).
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Sankhara (Pali) Samskara (Sanskrit) Tendencies (both physical and mental), former impressions, former dispositions; the fourth of the skandhas (bundles of attributes) enumerated in Buddhism.