Stepping Out of Self-Deception: The Buddha's Liberating Teaching of No-Self

by Rodney Smith

Book Overview

Anatta is the Buddhist teaching on the nonexistence of a permanent, independent self. It's a notoriously puzzling and elusive concept, usually leading to such questions as, "If I don't have a self, who's reading this sentence?" It's not that there's no self there, says Rodney Smith. It's just that the self that is reading this sentence is a configuration of elements that at one time did not exist and which at some point in the future will disperse...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590307291
• ISBN13: 9781590307298
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.6"