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**sanddrareyk** · 08-21-2011, 12:52 PM

What is the Buddhist perspective of self?

I have always looked at self as being the naked ape.

In that we tend to take various Ideas/Beliefs/Knowledge and view them as being self, when in fact these ideas delude self.

As such I have always looked at discovering self hood not as finding something new, but as coming to realize and see beyond that which is not ourselves.

Untying knots so to speak.

I would be most grateful for input on this issue.

08-21-2011, 12:52 PM	#1
sanddrareyk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	Selfhood? What is the Buddhist perspective of self? I have always looked at self as being the naked ape. In that we tend to take various Ideas/Beliefs/Knowledge and view them as being self, when in fact these ideas delude self. As such I have always looked at discovering self hood not as finding something new, but as coming to realize and see beyond that which is not ourselves. Untying knots so to speak. I would be most grateful for input on this issue.
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