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*{{i|'''Part 1 The cultural and social setting of Buddhist thought'''|27}}
*{{i|'''Part 1 The cultural and social setting of Buddhist thought'''|27}}
**{{i|1 The origins of rebirth|29}}
**{{i|''1'' The origins of rebirth|29}}
**{{i|1.1 Buddhism and early Indian religion|29}}
**{{i|1.1 Buddhism and early Indian religion|29}}
**{{i|1.2 Time: ''saṃsāra''|41}}
**{{i|1.2 Time: ''saṃsāra''|41}}
**{{i|1.3 Action and the person: ''karma''|53}}
**{{i|1.3 Action and the person: ''karma''|53}}
**{{i|1.4 Timelessness: ''mokṣa'' (''nirvāṇa'')|58}}
**{{i|1.4 Timelessness: ''mokṣa'' (''nirvāṇa'')|58}}
**{{i|2 Varieties of Buddhist discourse|65}}
**{{i|''2'' Varieties of Buddhist discourse|65}}
**{{i|2.1 Buddhist thought in context|65}}
**{{i|2.1 Buddhist thought in context|65}}
**{{i|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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*{{i|'''Part II The doctrine of not-self'''|85}}
*{{i|'''Part II The doctrine of not-self'''|85}}
3 The denial of self as 'right view' 87
**{{i|''3'' The denial of self as 'right view'|87}}
3.1 Different kinds of 'right view' 87
**{{i|3.1 Different kinds of 'right view'|87}}
3.2 Arguments in support of anattd 95
**{{i|3.2 Arguments in support of ''anattā''|95}}
3.3 The denial of self as a strategy in 'mental culture' in
**{{i|3.3 The denial of self as a strategy in 'mental culture'|111}}
4 Views, attachment, and 'emptiness' 116
**{{i|''4'' Views, attachment, and 'emptiness'|116}}
4.1 Views and attachment 117
**{{i|4.1 Views and attachment|117}}
4.2 The Unanswered Questions 131
**{{i|4.2 The Unanswered Questions|131}}
4.3 Quietism and careful attention 138
**{{i|4.3 Quietism and careful attention|138}}
Part III Personality and rebirth 145
 
5 The individual of 'conventional truth' 147
*{{i|'''Part III Personality and rebirth'''|145}}
5.1 'Conventional' and 'ultimate truth' 147
**{{i|''5'' The individual of 'conventional truth'|147}}
5.2 Attabhdva 'individuality', puggala 'person' 156
**{{i|5.1 'Conventional' and 'ultimate truth'|147}}
5.3 House imagery 165
**{{i|5.2 ''Attabhāva'' 'individuality', ''puggala'' 'person'|156}}
**{{i|5.3 House imagery|165}}


6 'Neither the same nor different' 177
6 'Neither the same nor different' 177

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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.


      • Prefacepage ix
      • Introduction1
  • Part 1 The cultural and social setting of Buddhist thought27
    • 1 The origins of rebirth29
    • 1.1 Buddhism and early Indian religion29
    • 1.2 Time: saṃsāra41
    • 1.3 Action and the person: karma53
    • 1.4 Timelessness: mokṣa (nirvāṇa)58
    • 2 Varieties of Buddhist discourse65
    • 2.1 Buddhist thought in context65
    • 2.2 Different ways of talking about 'self and 'person'71
    • 2.3 Elements of personality and (not-)self78
  • Part II The doctrine of not-self85
    • 3 The denial of self as 'right view'87
    • 3.1 Different kinds of 'right view'87
    • 3.2 Arguments in support of anattā95
    • 3.3 The denial of self as a strategy in 'mental culture'111
    • 4 Views, attachment, and 'emptiness'116
    • 4.1 Views and attachment117
    • 4.2 The Unanswered Questions131
    • 4.3 Quietism and careful attention138
  • Part III Personality and rebirth145
    • 5 The individual of 'conventional truth'147
    • 5.1 'Conventional' and 'ultimate truth'147
    • 5.2 Attabhāva 'individuality', puggala 'person'156
    • 5.3 House imagery165

6 'Neither the same nor different' 177 6.1 'A person is not found' 178 6.2 Images of identity and difference 185 6.3 Self and other: compassion 188 Part IV Continuity 197 7 Conditioning and consciousness 199 7.1 The construction(s) of temporal existence 200 7.2 The stations of evolving consciousness 213 7.3 Vegetation imagery 218 8 Momentariness and the bhavahga-mmd 225 8.1 impermanent are conditioned things' 226 8.2 The 'ultimate' extent of a lifetime: momentariness 234 8.3 The bhavahga-mind 238 8.4 River imagery 247 Conclusion 262 Notes 267 Bibliography 310 Glossary and index of Pali and Sanskrit terms 318 General index 321

śūnyatā - The state of being empty of an innate nature due to a lack of independently existing characteristics. Skt. शून्यता Tib. སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ Ch. 空,空門

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