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(Quote) @Blondel, Buddha also said in Patisambhidamagga and in Majjhima Nikaya, "sabbe sankhara anicca; sabbe sankhara dukkha; sabbe dhamma anatta." As Sayadaw U Silanda explains in his boo… (View Post)
(Quote) @Dakini, even to mereological nihilists such as myself, cars exist in a sense -- they are simply elementary particles arranged car-wise. We as humans refer to this particular arrangment of pa… (View Post)
(Quote) My interpretation of such passages falls in line with that of Sayadaw U Silanda, which you can read in his book "No Inner Core," Chapter 2: Misunderstanding Anatta, Page 29. (http:/… (View Post)
(Quote) In my opinion, you need some kind of irreducible entity or entities possessive of "-ness" upon which all perceived and non-perceived reality is both built and exists, otherwise you … (View Post)
also, what exists before the big bang? nothing? To my knowledge, a common misconception surrounding the big bang theory is that it attempts to explain the origin of the universe -- it doesn't. The bi… (View Post)