[illiderob]

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.

Hi Bobo,

In Buddhism we acknowledge that we don't have a permanent and unchanging "self".

'Not-self' is known as 'anatta'.

You might like to read what the Buddha had to say in Sutta SN 22.9 :


http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....059.than.html


with kind wishes,

A-D