New answers tagged nirvana
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Why is 'unborn' not the self?
The "unborn" in Ud 8.3 refers to Nirvana.
Nirvana is that which is experienced by the mind when it is completely free of all defilements and fetters.
Nirvana is not any self. The "...
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Why is 'unborn' not the self?
I expect the harm is that you would be continuing to reinforce the sense of self, just with a different kind of self view.
It’s easy to misunderstand buddhanature if we don’t understand the essential ...
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Why is 'unborn' not the self?
The suttas say self is something 'born':
Assumes... to be the self. That assumption is a fabrication. Now what is the cause, what is the origination, what is the birth, what is the coming-into-...
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Why is 'unborn' not the self?
Doesn't this describe nirvana?
"Unborn" is a reference to Nirvana, the whole part in bold is a reference to it.
Can the description infer us to a true-self (atta), not-self (anatta), or ...
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