Stepping Out of Self-Deception
The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self
Anatta is the Buddhist teaching on the nonexistence of a permanent, independent self. It's a notoriously puzzling and elusive concept, usually leading to such questions as, If I don't have a self, who's reading this sentence? It's not that there's no self there, says Rodney Smith. It's just that the self that is reading this sentence is a configuration of elements that at one time did not exist and which at some point in the future will disperse. Even in its present existence, it's more a temporary arrangement of components rather than something solid. Anatta is a truth the Buddha considered to be absolutely essential to his teaching. Smith s…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8348-2296-2
- EAN: 9780834822962
- Produktnummer: 21088577
- Verlag: Shambhala
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Seitenangabe: 160 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 417 KB
Über den Autor
Rodney Smith is the founding and guiding teacher of the Seattle Insight Meditation Society and a guiding teacher of the Insight Meditation Society, Barre, Massachusetts. He leads classes and retreats throughout the United States. He is also the author of Lessons from the Dying, a book that grew out of the many years he spent in hospice work.
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