There Is No Self – Dialectic Two Step
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Question: How can I understand that “self” is just a result of dependent origination and self doesn’t really exist?
Response: There Is No Self!
April Fools!
Probably the most common misunderstanding in Buddhism is of emptiness and the existence of self. The self exists. It exists in the same way that anything else exists. It is empty of inherent “selfness”, but it exists. Let the absurdity of the question be your guide when asking “Does the self exist?”
Dialectic Two-Step is an ongoing series of my thoughts on questions that come my way.
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. - Octavio
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