Is this a self?

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zan
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Re: Is this a self?

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robertk wrote:For an overview Abhidhamma in Daily life by nina van Gorkom.
For understanding rupa: The Buddhist Teaching on Physical Phenomena, Ibid.

that should be enough to keep you going for a week or 2.

After that Conditionality of life, also by nina van gorkom, which explains the 24 paccaya (conditions) of the last book of the Abhidhamma
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Re: Is this a self?

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Greetings,
Garrib wrote:Again, due to ignorance, we are led to BELIEVE that the seeming continuity of the aggregates constitutes the existence of a real self ---- the more convincing this illusion is, the more convinced we are that there really is a permanent entity there. But according to the Buddha this is a delusion that generates suffering...
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Spot on.

Metta,
Paul. :)
"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."
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