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He who, having traversed this miry, perilous,
and delusive round of existence,
who has crossed over, and reached the other shore,
who is meditative, calm, free from doubt,
and, clinging to nothing, has attained to nibbāna:
him do I call a holy one. (Dpd 414)
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The Self Collapses, Concluding this Series.
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Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Five
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Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Four
Uposatha Day, First Quarter Moon, April 11, 2011 To recap the discussion of previous weeks, the recalcitrant sense of self is a fabrication that gives…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Three
Uposatha Day, New Moon, April 3, 2011 Sorry for this week’s tardiness. I am visiting my sister in Indianapolis, Dell laptop in hand, but without…
Non-Self and Buddhist Practice – Part Two
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Non-Self for the Newly Old
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Non-Self: The Problem of Having a Self 1
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Non-Self: What is It?
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Non-Self and You.
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Not-Self: Thought Experiment 4 (Final Frontier)
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Not-Self: Thought Experiment 3
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Not-Self: Thought Experiment 2
Uposatha Day, January 19, Full Moon Are shadows objects? Do they exist? Two answers suggest themselves immediately: yes and no. Let’s try to rationalize each.…
Not-Self: Thought Experiment 1
Uposatha Day, January 12, First Quarter Moon Are donut holes objects? Do they exist? Two answers suggest themselves immediately: yes and no. Let’s try to…