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Q:
I have trouble accepting the Buddhism idea of self as an illusion.
Dr Thynn: You have become so
used to functioning with the "I" and "mine,"
so used to thinking your "self" is real, that it is
naturally difficult to understand the Buddhist way of thinking.
The "I" and "mine" being illusions themselves,
survive only by clinging to illusions of their own making. They
cling to all kinds of mental possessions " be they power,
wealth, status or whatever " which are themselves conceptual
creations of the mind with no substantial reality. In short,
they are illusions.
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Were
a man to say
"I shall show the coming,
going and development of
consciousness, apart from
matter, sensation, perception,
and mental formations, he would
be speaking of something
that does not exist. |
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