heart wrote: Language is based on this misunderstanding but it is hardly a proof of the selfs conventional existence nor does it define it.
In that case, what exactly do you mean by
'existence''?
All i said was that
The experience of a self arises.
That is how a buddha can talk to people,and use words such as "you" and "I".
Now you are saying a Buddha is unable experience that?
even though you brought up the fact that he did so.
heart wrote:Malcolm wrote:Conventionally, there is a self, there is birth, there is death, and rebirth. Conventionally, there is also karma. Ultimately there is no self, no birth, no death, no rebirth, and also no karma.
I am not sure I agree with that. Even conventionally there is no self. If there was someone would be able to find it, but no such luck. /magnus
but the point is, you did find it,
you
did find the conventional self,
and you proved that you found it
the moment you signed
/magnus to that post.
If you disagree
then you must also say that dreams do not occur either.
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EMPTIFUL.
An inward outlook produces outward insight.