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**mr.nemo** · 12-09-2010, 03:05 AM

If there is 'no-self' (or anatta), then do our actions really matter? Does anything we do really matter? "who" cares if I be mean to someone or go around killing tons of people? In the grand scheme of the universe, these actions, and their effects, wont 'mean' anything, and no 'one' personally is effected, since nothing has a 'self' anyway....

Dear Balgore

For starters (I may write more at a later time), if your mind has anatta, your actions will automatically be harmless actions & good actions.

Please consider, is it when our mind is selfish that it can generate actions that can harm others?

On the other hand, is it when our mind is unselfish or selfless that it cannot generate actions that can harm others?

But yes, until our mind tastes the liberation & inevitability of anatta, it may seem 'cold' to view the misfortune of 'others' as anatta.

Kind regards

12-09-2010, 03:05 AM	#4
mr.nemo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 446 Senior Member	If there is 'no-self' (or anatta), then do our actions really matter? Does anything we do really matter? "who" cares if I be mean to someone or go around killing tons of people? In the grand scheme of the universe, these actions, and their effects, wont 'mean' anything, and no 'one' personally is effected, since nothing has a 'self' anyway.... Dear Balgore For starters (I may write more at a later time), if your mind has anatta, your actions will automatically be harmless actions & good actions. Please consider, is it when our mind is selfish that it can generate actions that can harm others? On the other hand, is it when our mind is unselfish or selfless that it cannot generate actions that can harm others? But yes, until our mind tastes the liberation & inevitability of anatta, it may seem 'cold' to view the misfortune of 'others' as anatta. Kind regards
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