ANALYSIS ON NO-SELF CONCEPTION OF BUDDHISM

Abstract

Writing this essay, I understood more clearly that it is really hard to pinpoint what Buddhism considers or confirms due to its doctrinal variety and richness. Seemingly, in mainstream Buddhism, the term of no-Self has two meanings, the gross one and subtle one. In gross conception, it negates the Self as some particular ancient Indian philosophical schools described. To consider one Self belonging to a particular group of people could not make the grounds of all sentient being circling in the samsāra. In subtle use, it negates some metaphysical Self, which is separate from constantly changing experience. The idea of such Self emerges quite spontaneously and it is a source of attachment. As the idea of no-Self increases the attachment and the deep-rooted idea of Self will decrease. When the deep-rooted idea of Self is abolished then all attachments will be terminated. This is called liberation