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Did I exist ? Am I existing or Will I exist?

"'Everything exists': That is one extreme. 'Everything doesn't exist': That is a second extreme. Avoiding these two extremes, the Tathagata teaches the Dhamma via the middle: From ignorance as a requi …
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If there is no Self , what Self is there to be affected by the karma which non-Self now perf...

As far as we have self view we continue to accumulate Sankhara and we continue to exist. Sankhara is not the self but it is the accumulation due to self view. … Once you eliminate self identificaton (Arahant) there is no more becoming or affected by the kamma. …
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Why is "I have no self" a wrong view?

Our present existence is the result of our past belief in a self. We have this wrong view until we attain Nibbana. …
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What is the consequence to living life with self realism behavior?

We should follow daily routines which will lead to a no daily routine. That is following the Noble Eightfold Path.
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Is society the follower of Mara?

A letter from Mara. An interesting reading. https://www.urbandharma.org/udharma/maracontent.html ======== Mara in Buddhism symbolizes the passions that overwhelm human beings as well as everything t …
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What happens to grasping at 'self' after termination of life?

In case one, there is re-birth - hence he continues with grasping. In the second case (for an Arahant), there is no rebirth.
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What is the cause of imaginary dialogues in mind?

The way I understand it is called Vitakka and Vicara. Vitakka and Vicara stop at first Jhana.
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Understanding non-self, life and rebirth

Buddha said we take five aggregate as self. (five clinging-aggregate) If you substitute the word self with the word ignorance it is easy to understand this. Ignorance is the on create rebirth. … We can't say we do not have a self (ignorance) because we have the self-view. Self-view is ignorance. What Buddha saying is taking dependently originated phenomena as I, me, and myself as ignorance. …
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