ANATTA / ANATMAN IN DETAIL

The definition of one word where modern Pseudo-Buddhism took a turn
into the dark corner of ignorance
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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...

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...

The Two Selves
Or, the empirical self (namo-rupa, anatta), and the Spiritual (attan)
Self
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*A MUST READ!! Against no-Soul theories of Anatta in PDF (187 KB)*

The greatest fool in Buddhist doctrine was one who “saw Self
(atman) in (mere) self (anatta)” (“anattani ca attati”) [AN 2.52],
certainly one of the most common refrains in Buddhist sutta. Some of...

Where Buddhism Failed Miserably
Or, the story of a successful failure

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It cannot be disputed that anything popular cannot be true, even
if the original article, long lost to the winds of time a buried under
unenlightened commentary...

The Cause of the Descent of the Soul
Or, that there is no first cause of Soul’s descent. The alpha
principle behind Emanationism
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Plotinus, the greatest metaphysician who has ever lived, upon whose
shoulders us very few have seen further still.
The most ancient and unsolved mystery of the cause, impetus,
reasoning, logic behind...

Gotama is Mara, is evil, in sutra
Or, the Buddha is still subject to desires, and sensual depravities
Or, “The Self (atman) is at war with self (anatman, not-self)” [B.G.
VI.VI]
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As in most religions, the objectification and validity of the
embodiment of evil is maintained as a persona in Buddhism, as existent
and embodied in other than the empirical self. As against sutta,
Buddhism in no way differs from modern connotations of Satan, or in
Buddhism’s case Mara, wherein it miserably diverges from the doctrinal
denotation that in fact one’s self, Gotama or any other persona, is
none other than Mara (or Satan). It is true that Mara, in doctrine, is
a persona (empirical self), however not as differentiated from the
persona that is either Gotama or any person “who can be called by
name”, against which the Buddha is a “not-person” [SN, common
proclaimation]; this is yet another point of fine metaphysics which
has been bastardized by the common and profane religionists over time,
just as Satan is not a being in the Bible; but Satan, who remains an
angel even in hell, can be called a persona, or, indeed, persons,
since his name is "Legion: for we are many", that being the ‘many’ (= ...

The all too common and pathetic "HINDU" insult as employed by
buddhists
Or, how to be a profane Humanist
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I have encountered statements such as these literally hundreds of
times, such as this reply I came across just yesterday: “Of course I'm
an atheist! Buddhism does not depend on idiotic Hindu superstitions.”
Confirming yet again among so many other reasons why it has been said
“were you to leave dung upon your doorstep would you expect aught but
flies to appear before you?” Buddhism today is in name only, it
attracts extremely miserable and depressed Atheists, and, in the West
and Europe, Christian & Jewish malcontents/rejects. As one Indian
philosopher and metaphysician had said: “Buddhism (modern) is an
extremely sick religion inhabited by atheists, agnostics, and at best
pantheists. They congregate together at ‘dharma-centers’, which are
little more than outpatient mental wards for depressed materialists,
and engage in idle chatter about attainment of oblivion and the denial
of all things spiritual.”
It would be intelligent for some to read works such as: “The Rise
and Decline of Buddhism in India” (Hazra), and other titles as to the ...

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,
to microcosmic, be it matter as pertains the physical body, the cosmos ...

************SPV......You understand that guys like Tom Petty didn't
work for ten years more or less because they had contract disputes
such that they would rather not work then to have some thief just
steal all the profits from his or their records.

You understand that JC acts mad but the real deal is love and hate are
two sides of the same coin and if you do not know that love is not
your center and all you know is scripture then all you know is wrong
because pure love, transcended love is the center and that center
leaves love and hate so far behind that the love a Gurumayi or a Pope
knows or a Deli Lama knows is just the outside of your being. In
fact, if I must I will say it again.

"Allen L. Barker" wrote:

I have been saying that awakening is more of an
attitude than a content. It is the aptitude to deal
with what happens in measure and proportion,
detachment and equanimity, balance and
perspective, in humour...