‘When we say that there is no self, people get worried, or angry. Their attachment and identification to this idea of a self is so strong.’
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu
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I don’t get “worried or angry”. I just find it hard to understand the concept despite reading numerous books. Maybe I’m not clever enough to be a Buddhist!😣
😀 Buddhism hasn’t anything to do with being clever Christo.
Not self is so often presented as a nihilistic condition instead of an insight into awakening — Buddha.
Awareness is the key to all of the Buddha’s teachings.
R
Thanks for your reply.
What do Buddhists think, now, of Sogyal Rinpoche & his book, The Tibetan Book of Living & Dying?
I read the book and enjoyed it but now feel a little disillusioned.
Haven’t read it Christo.
R