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Buddha is purported to have said 'Be unto yourself your own Buddha'.

Realisation is not creating beliefs from old wive's tales

Buddha is purported to have said:

This essentially means once you have grasped the basics, leave it alone and learn freely for yourself.

True. But what is realised should be the same as the realisation described in the recorded teachings.

But if we have the view that "realisation cannot be described" then this is not Buddhism.

Anatta, a mark of existence, states that there is no permanent self. Again, once this is grasped, to be attached to anything is to add to the continuity of the self and therefore act in discord with not only anatta, but anicca as well.

Sure, but "Buddhism" is not a "self". The mind can still recognise Buddhism but be completely selfless.

Buddhism is the body of recorded & established knowledge, passed down from generation to generation, which maintains & continues the teachings of anatta & anicca (impermanence). There is no "self" in a book, made from paper.

I hope this paints the picture more clearly and will allow the discourse to develop, so we may all become closer to Buddhahood.

Thanks for your sincere encouragements Joshu. But, imo, nihilism is not realisation.

Anatta & anicca are learned from Buddhism. Once the five aggregates conventionally called "ourself" anicca (end), Buddhism will continue

The reality of "Buddhism" will be more permanent (last longer) than the realisation of our minds.