Jayarava Attwood
he only explores one form of Budhism to make his point.
anatman
in Buddhism, the doctrine that there is in humans no permanent, underlying substance that can be called the soul. Instead, the individual is compounded of five factors (Pali khandha; Sanskrit skandha) that are constantly changing. The concept of anatta, or anatman, is a departure from the Hindu belief in atman ("the self"). The absence of a self, anicca (the impermanence of all being), and dukkha ("suffering") are the three characteristics of all existence (ti-lakkhana). Recognition of these three doctrines-anatta, anicca, and dukkha-constitutes "right understanding
"Just as a mother would give her life to protect her only child.
loving other human beings is not really possible except when one believes
that they exist permanently. One basis for a loving relationship, expressed
in the typically negative terms
In other words the very belief in a permanentself makes death seem unjust and cmel and makes post-mortem survival of
the self "necessary."
tathägata
(that is, someone liberated from greed, hatred,
and delusion)
samsara (literally, "going on and on")
dhamma
(in the plural) refers to the objects of the mind sense—^that is,
to thoughts, memories, and the cognitive aspects of sensations. All experiences
are ontologically ambiguous.
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