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**JohnVK** · 08-10-2011, 05:22 AM

http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha263.htm

If Buddhism avoids sassatavada, this means that there is no self-entity within man which is impervious to change. This may also be interpreted as the denial of any kind of spiritual substance within man which relates him to some kind of transcendental reality serving as the ultimate ground of existence.

If Buddhism avoids ucchedavada, this means that the human personality is not a pure product of matter but is an uninterrupted and interconnected process of psycho-physical phenomena which does not terminate at death. Although Buddhism does not agree completely with sassatavada, it does not deny survival (punabbhava) and moral responsibility (kammavada). I suppose I must concur with Stuka. I get the impression 'eternalism' and 'nihilism' are views connected with 'self views'.

08-10-2011, 05:22 AM	#12
JohnVK Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 465 Senior Member	http://www.budsas.org/ebud/ebdha263.htm If Buddhism avoids sassatavada, this means that there is no self-entity within man which is impervious to change. This may also be interpreted as the denial of any kind of spiritual substance within man which relates him to some kind of transcendental reality serving as the ultimate ground of existence. If Buddhism avoids ucchedavada, this means that the human personality is not a pure product of matter but is an uninterrupted and interconnected process of psycho-physical phenomena which does not terminate at death. Although Buddhism does not agree completely with sassatavada, it does not deny survival (punabbhava) and moral responsibility (kammavada). I suppose I must concur with Stuka. I get the impression 'eternalism' and 'nihilism' are views connected with 'self views'.
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