Selfless Persons
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| − | 2.2 Different ways of talking about 'self and 'person' 71 | + | **{{i|2.2 Different ways of talking about 'self and 'person'|71}} |
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3 The denial of self as 'right view' 87 | 3 The denial of self as 'right view' 87 | ||
3.1 Different kinds of 'right view' 87 | 3.1 Different kinds of 'right view' 87 | ||
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Selfless Persons
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This book seeks to explain carefully and sypathetically the Buddhist doctrine of anatta ('not-self'), which denies the existence of any self, soul or enduring essence in human beings. The author relates this doctrine to its cultural and historical context, particularly to its Brahmanical background, and shows how the Theravāda Buddhist tradition has constructed a philosophical and psychological account of personal identity and continuity on the apparently impossible basis of the denial of self. (Source: Cambridge University Press) For relevance to the concept of buddha-nature, see chapter 8, "Momentariness and the bhavaṅga-mind."
| Citation | Collins, Steven. Selfless Persons: Imagery and Thought in Theravāda Buddhism. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1982. https://archive.org/details/thervadaselflesspersonsimagerythoughtintheravadabuddhismstevencollinsoup_564_z/mode/2up. |
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