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SASSATAVADA means no such thing as "eternalism" in sutta. Nobody on
earth can argue this fact.

SASSATAVADA (often translated as 'eternalism') is, in sutta = BHAVA ,
it is Karmavada, or the view that highest is Agencyship (Karmin).

SASSATAVADA in sutta is so deemed in sutta, NEVER connected with
conviction in the Atman.

SASSATAVADA is a rejected view in both Upanishads and by the
Jains......now what son?

SASSATAVADA translated literally is sassat + vada , or Perpetual
(becoming) ISM. .........i.e. Karmavada, or "atta ca so loka ca" in
Sutta.

There is NO PALI translator that can deny that in sutta, SASSATAVADA
= bhava ----- not the notion as incorrectly forwarded that it = atman

The Palpable fear of the Soul by Modern Buddhism

Or, How the Entirety of Buddhism
falls upon the sword of anatta's definition
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The 'renowned' Theravada materialist Nyanatiloka has said: "Thus
with this doctrine of Selflessness, or anatta, stands or falls the
ENTIRE structure of Buddhism".

Rightly so, all of Theravada fears and protects the meaning and
'interpretation' of anatta like a pack of rabid dogs protect their
fresh kill. They fear and protect the meaning of anatta more so...

The Buddhist term Anatman (Sanskrit), or Anatta (Pali) is an
adjective in sutra used to refer to the nature of phenomena as being
devoid of the Soul, that being the ontological and subjective Self
(atman)
which is the "light (dipam), and only refuge" [DN 2.100]. Of the 662
occurrences of the term Anatta in the Nikayas, its usage is restricted
to referring to 22 nouns (forms, feelings, perception, experiences,
consciousness, the eye, eye-consciousness, desires, mentation, mental
formations, ear, nose, tongue, body, lusts, things unreal, etc.), all
phenomenal, as being Selfless (anatta). Contrary to countless many
popular (=profane, or = consensus, from which the truth can 'never be
gathered') books (as Buddhologist C.A.F. Davids has deemed them
'miserable little books') written outside the scope of Buddhist
doctrine, there is no "Doctrine of anatta/anatman" mentioned anywhere
in the sutras, rather anatta is used only to refer to impermanent
things/phenomena as other than the Soul, to be anatta, or Self-less
(an-atta).
Specifically in sutra, anatta is used to describe the temporal
and unreal (metaphysically so) nature of any and all composite,
consubstantial, phenomenal, and temporal things, from the macrocosmic, ...

The genuine meaning of Tathagata
Correcting one of the many lies of modern 'Buddhism'

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The Tathagata, pronounced: "Taaht-ahgatah", in the common nonsensical
definition by ignorant modern "Buddhism" is meant "thus come one", or
"thus gone one". This view ignorantly implies a formal appellation of
importance (such as Sir, Master, Great-One, etc.) rather than a
denotation of a profound spiritual attainment.

The term Tathagata is composed of two parts, Tat, and agata. Tat has
been since time immemorial in India, meant Brahman, the Absolute, as
in the famous Upanishadic dictum: "That (Brahman) thou art"
(tat tvam asi). "That" is here, of course Brahman, the Godhead, the
Subject of Selfhood which the muni, or sage, has reached at the
pinnacle of his having fulfilled wisdom's perfection.