Is There A Self

September 22, 2019

“Recovering the Suffering-Free Pure Mind.” (Necessary Background Material of August 9, 2023; extracted from "Buddhism – In Charts")

• True Happiness Is the Absence of Suffering (with chart B)
• Uncovering the Suffering-Free (Pabhassara) Mind (with chart B1)
• Each Citta Starts with Distorted Saññā (with chart B2)
• Contamination of the Human Mind Based on a Sensory Input (with chart B3)
• Contamination of a Human Mind – Detailed Analysis (with chart B3)

Does “Anatta” Refer to a “Self”? (new section started October 2, 2023)

• Cognition Modes – Sañjānāti, Vijānāti, Pajānāti, Abhijānāti
• Anicca Nature- Chasing Worldly Pleasures Is Pointless
• Aniccaṁ Vipariṇāmi Aññathābhāvi – A Critical Verse
• Dukkha – Previously Unknown Truth About Suffering
• Etaṁ Mama, Esohamasmi, Eso Me Attā’ti – What Does It Mean?
• "Attā" as "Self" - Wrong Translation in Many Suttās 
• “Attato Samanupassati” – To View Something to be of Value
• Saññā Vipallāsa – Distorted Perception
• Saññā – All Our Thoughts Arise With “Distorted Saññā”
• Upaya and Upādāna - Two Stages of Attachment

Sensory Experience – Basis of Buddhā’s Worldview  (Older posts extracted from "Origin of Life")

• Buddhist Worldview – Introduction

• Contact Between Āyatana Leads to Vipāka Viññāna

• How Do Sense Faculties Become Internal Āyatana?

• Indriya Make Phassa and Ayatana Make Samphassa
• Citta – Basis of Our Experience and Actions
• Vipāka Vēdanā and “Samphassa jā Vēdanā” in a Sensory Event
• Kāma Guṇa – Origin of Attachment (Tanhā)
• Vision Is a Series of “Snapshots” – Movie Analogy
• Do I Have “A Mind” That Is Fixed and “Mine”?
• Chachakka Sutta – Six Types of Vipāka Viññāna
• Sakkāya Diṭṭhi in Terms of Attā or “Self” or “Ātma”
• An Apparent “Self” Is Involved in Kamma Generation

Subsection: "Paṭicca Samuppāda – Not ‘Self’ or ‘No-Self’"

Conclusion: "Origin of Life – One Creates One’s Own Future Lives"
- That only leads to more suffering. Creating new lives stops with attaining Nibbāna/Arahanthood.