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In Buddhism, the central teaching that there is no soul, no self. It comes from the negative of atman, the Hindu notion of a soul which is eternal and which survives after death and enters another body. In Buddhist thought, such a notion is part of the delusion of self and of permanence which keeps us locked to the wheel of suffering. True release comes when one realizes that there is no self, and thus all sense of being ceases.
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The concept is definitively Mahayana in nature, he says, but the notion of some sort of essence to be recognized, coaxed, cultivated, or enlightened seems to be at odds with the early Buddhist concepts of anatman (no-self) and pratitya-samutpada (dependent co-arising).
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The most important of the links is ignorance (of the truth of anatman, no-self).
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At the same time, because there is not a starting point, the Buddhist insights of illusion and anatman combine with post-modern discourse on presence/absence to delimit the arena for a discussion of modern art.
About Religion: Economies of Faith in a Virtual Culture by LIVINGSTON, DAVID J. / Cross Currents
 
 
 
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