Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self Smith RodneyPaperback
A prominent Insight Meditation teacher presents the Buddhist concept of "no-self" in a way that's easy to understand and that can radically change your perspective on lifeAnatta is the Buddhist…
Specifikacia Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self Smith RodneyPaperback
A prominent Insight Meditation teacher presents the Buddhist concept of "no-self" in a way that's easy to understand and that can radically change your perspective on lifeAnatta 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 shows that understanding this truth can