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Old 06-19-2012, 03:54 PM   #4
libertiespana

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He also explains why they still talk about them, yet he doesn't explain his view explictly. In other words he wants us to arrive at a conclusion of anatta without actually telling us what anatta is. We must negate and negate until we arrive at a new understanding of that which we consist.

So how do I negate from it? Dhamma? Meditation?

Sorry, it seems more question arises...
Hi!
Yes, through the eightfold path. Basically in my own words I would say we must try to be good people, so we don't suffer from a bad conscience. This will help our minds become more pure and still when we meditate. We can then meditate following instructions from the Buddha. This helps us to see that there is no core self because perception, feelings, ideas all change (anicca) and what we once clung to, or took to be "me" and "you" is really just a phenomena which will change either after a short time or at the end of the body.

It is good to keep asking quesitons, in my opinion. Although I understand there are some Buddhist schools which will encourage meditation over reading and asking questions. It is good in my opinion, because it will strengthen our understanding on why we are practising meditation and Buddhism. It is helpful too to reduce the number of questions we have without an answer (so that we have a answer from the sutta for most of our questions). This then becomes Right View (one of the eight fold path) and this in turn strenghtens our progress, helping us to be good people and to concentrate in mediation etc (all a parts of the eightfold path)

Hope this helps to answer your question
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