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**VladFal** · 07-29-2011, 02:07 AM

Definitely not bringing self in, that's what old-school transmigration does, I think.

OK, without a soul, what is there associated with this body that is unique to it so that we might call it "me" and that might transmigrate? The moment-to-moment phenomena emanating from this body and its behavior. That's it. No fixed identity or being, nothing permanent, just the phenomena. "You" are whatever the 5 khandas are doing at the moment; nothing more can be found.

The teacher in the Milinda Panha sutta is directing his being, his behavior, to the student. Students have different abilities, and a student who perfectly understands the teacher can be said to have the teacher reborn in him.

The traditional belief that the lama's spirit (or something) is somehow reborn in a young boy whom he'd never met is, as far as I can tell, not in line with what the Buddha taught about anatta.

07-29-2011, 02:07 AM	#14
VladFal Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 510 Senior Member	Definitely not bringing self in, that's what old-school transmigration does, I think. OK, without a soul, what is there associated with this body that is unique to it so that we might call it "me" and that might transmigrate? The moment-to-moment phenomena emanating from this body and its behavior. That's it. No fixed identity or being, nothing permanent, just the phenomena. "You" are whatever the 5 khandas are doing at the moment; nothing more can be found. The teacher in the Milinda Panha sutta is directing his being, his behavior, to the student. Students have different abilities, and a student who perfectly understands the teacher can be said to have the teacher reborn in him. The traditional belief that the lama's spirit (or something) is somehow reborn in a young boy whom he'd never met is, as far as I can tell, not in line with what the Buddha taught about anatta.
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