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But later on it becomes apparent that even "the observer" is not unbroken stream or permanent hence not self. Craving arises at any of the six viññāṇas of the sense doors. … In Buddhism both extremities of there is a self and here is no self is rejected. Better rendering in English is not/non self. For more information see this answer and this answer. …

[Brahma,jala Sutta] Many conceiving of self happen through craving. (Vicarita) Tanha Sutta Many of these lead to suffering. … Emotions can be a form of suffering as you conceive the self as subject or receiver of any event or perhaps building of non conducive views which case suffering. …

Being proud is a natural consequence of certain thought patterns rooted in craving, i.e., when there is craving there is self conceiving in some cases and some cases when there is self conceiving can lead …

When traveling the path you should abandon the world or look internally. The implication with this is you cannot concern yourself with what is around you and to some extent other beings. Hence this ca …

You should not believe or hold a view that: there is a self there is no self But whatever you consider as self is not worthy of being called self as: you cannot control it to your will it is impermanent … E.g. the eye is not self, what you see is not self, what you feel is not self, your corporeal body is not self, etc. …

Since our metal image of our self and any sense of ownership of such rapidly changing cluster of phenomena over which we do not have absolute control would entail that there will be many occasions where …

When meditating you might get imaginative experiences which might seem very real. Just do not give any importance to them. Just be aware that you are experiencing something. These experiences has sens …

Even Nirvana cannot be and should not be identified with self. If 'Atta' is physical body? Body is subjected to old age, decay and death hence not self. You leave your body when you die. … In this sense it cannot be taken as self. …

, feeling, craving, are not-self, the tongue, sounds, tongue-consciousness, tongue-contact, feeling, craving, are not-self, the body, touches, body-consciousness, body-contact, feeling, craving, are not-self … Cha Chakka Sutta OP: could writing down and elaborating grandiose, self-themed stories exacerbate self-grasping which would otherwise be much less? Self-grasping is always there. …

Also the view on self is based on perception. With the cessation of perception this view also disappears. With no perception of self or self identification you can say there is no self. …

Perception being in relationship to self. My view. … Use of non self is also not very accurate as this it self is view but abandoning the identification or perceptions of self as with any perception cannot be very accurate and many lead to perceptions as …

that runs and flows through the rounds of births Maha Taṇha,sankhaya Sutta There are other religions and philosophies which have this view but in Buddhism the observing consciousness is also not self …

The notion of self or not self is a notion, and it is these preconceived notion you should eliminate as clinging to them causes misery when reality does not match with you notion. … If you have a self image that I am so and so and when this gets shattered it causes pain. If you do not hold into such notion then there is no pin. …

There is nothing one should take as self as whatever you take as a self it will case unsatisfactoriness and is not permanent and not in one's control. … A normal worldling will consider conventionally that here is a self and it is permanent and it is satisfactory and it is in one's control. …

Any perception of notion of self will not match reality 100% hence will be unsatisfactory. Through meditation you should get rid of this perception of self as this is the source of misery. … If you keep pondering of self or non self at an intellectual or philosophical level you still dealing with concepts and perceptions, so this is not something you should ponder on as it feeds into a particular …