@rshiroli @KushalJoka @zenji_nio @toamitesh @RajivMessage First, about creator god. In Hinduism, both smapraday, Jainism and Yoga also don't address creator god, so it's not unique to Buddhism. As to anatman: The idea of unchanging self does not imply no self. If an affirmative answer to the question self is given it would posit the 1/n
@rshiroli @KushalJoka @zenji_nio @toamitesh @RajivMessage question of attributes of self which are certainly not the self and hence without realising the self it is impossible to answer the question of self. To do so the technique is what Shree Guri swami Vivekananda describes as neti - 'not this, not this'. This concept is already 2/n
@rshiroli @KushalJoka @zenji_nio @toamitesh @RajivMessage mentioned in the 7th mantra of the Mandukya Upanishad. So this characteristic of Buddha to teach through negation, for the answer to questions beyond maya exist outside maya itself and hence at first realisation of the self outside maya must be made which was achieved through 3/n
@rshiroli @KushalJoka @zenji_nio @toamitesh @RajivMessage negation of self. This idea is not new to Santan Dharma and what Buddha did was attain realisation and taught the same truth in his version bas many befor him have done and many after him have done and will do.
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