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Old 08-11-2012, 07:53 AM   #15
luffyplayaz

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"and isn't actually a recognised teacher of Buddhism."

As a secular buddhist, i don't need to take all my learnings from lineaged buddhist teachers. In fact a lot of those sorts of people i have profound disagreement with.

What i like about the way Dana writes about not-self is that its practical not just theoretical and she says things that i haven't found others saying and which make a lot of practical sense and are easy to verify through ones own practice.

I don't feel like reading that article right now. I going to make an assumption that he just articulates the usual generalities about what not-self is. Perhaps you could cut and paste something particularly different if you feel motivated.

I have read many many people talk about not-self and everyone just writes about it as a description of reality and does not show us how to apply that concept to make a difference in our lives. It seems to be assumed that if you accept the concept of not-self you will automatically be able to practice it but i am inclined to think that is not at all the case.
Hello Wendii,

This is the Discovering Buddha's Teachings forum and so we use recognised resources, known Dharma teachers and the suttas for any material that is referenced.

If you are not happy with that then there are other forums you can post in on the BWB website instead.

No offence intended but this is not your personal topic and my references are for the benefit of Renee and anyone else who might be reading this thread.

Additionally, Renee hasn't posted for two and a half weeks so it would be good to wait for some feeback now.


Thanks -and with kind regards

Aloka
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