Answer by Troll for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
Granted there's no persistent identity one can label "self," and granted that there is no continuity of experience beyond death, the importance of narratives about becoming other things, contributing...
View ArticleAnswer by Suminda Sirinath S. Dharmasena for If there's no "self" then why...
In Buddhism Anatta contrasts with Ātman:In Buddism, a being dependently arises with cause and effect.In contemporary views, there is an essence which is either unchanging and receiver of all...
View ArticleAnswer by Isuru for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
Very good and logical question, If I try to summarize your question,Why should I care about my next life, as when I die there's no more I to worry about, though that information flow will continue.The...
View ArticleAnswer by rob digma for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
I think in Buddhism, all beings are in reality one infinite being which has been shattered into infinite number of pieces So even if one piece( your physical being) out of infinite pieces of you)...
View ArticleAnswer by Selangkah Demis for If there's no "self" then why should I care...
The question still remains. if Nirvana can only be achieve in state of mind than that means we don't have much time then. Because there is no guarantee that the person in this present life will get the...
View ArticleAnswer by user8397 for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
My rep is not enough to comment. I've no reference, So this answer may not be good for you.I can confirm you that your feeling, memory, thinking in next life still there.But your exist body today are...
View ArticleAnswer by Charlie_Oh for If there's no "self" then why should I care about...
I believe a good reference for this question is Stephen Batchelor's "Buddhism Without Beliefs: A Contemporary Guide to Awakening". He has spoken in many places of Buddhism without rebirth or...
View ArticleAnswer by user4970 for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
The short answer is that you should care because, unlike human beings and animals, hell beings, ghosts, asuras, and devas do remember their past lives (this is clear from the suttas). Since it is not...
View ArticleAnswer by Bonnie Topits for If there's no "self" then why should I care about...
Let's try to keep this simple. Buddhism encourages no-self or no-ego. This does not mean that "I" do not exist, but rather that "selfless" requires that I think of that which benefits all sentient...
View ArticleAnswer by Ahmed for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
There is no substantial self.Buddhism is not nihilist.It is always said that there is not self, nor no-self.There is still a "self" so-to-speak--a collection of factors that is migrating from life to...
View ArticleAnswer by Sankha Kulathantille for If there's no "self" then why should I...
Whether you believe in a 'self' or not, suffering is very real. You experience it on a daily basis. It is this suffering that makes beings look for an end to it. There's only one permanent end to...
View ArticleAnswer by Lowbrow for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
...when I die, "I" (body, illusory self, soul) will die but this informational flow will keep going into another being, and then I no longer exist, think, feel or I will be different being, so this...
View ArticleAnswer by Dhamma Dhatu for If there's no "self" then why should I care about...
The questions are illogical. It was asked: If there's no "self'" then why should I care about his life if I will no longer exist?The question is loaded with 'self', even though it claims there is no...
View ArticleAnswer by beginner for If there's no "self" then why should I care about the...
If there's no "self', and "I am" is just a "flow" or "mix" of information (dharma, karma, etc.); and if, when I die, "I" (body, illusory self, soul) will die but this informational flow will keep going...
View ArticleAnswer by Sajeewa Welendagoda for If there's no "self" then why should I care...
Good question. Buddhism does not talk about existance or non-existance of self(objectively). When the appropriate causes arise, belief of existence(self/world) arises. When the causes secede,...
View ArticleIf there's no "self" then why should I care about the future lives and nirvana?
English is my second language.If there's no "self', and "I am" is just a "flow" or "mix" of information (dharma, karma, etc.); and if, when I die, "I" (body, illusory self, soul) will die but this...
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