An Introduction to the Doctrine of Anatta
by SAYĀDAW U SILĀNANDA
ISBN 983-9439-09-X
IJ016/98
Size: 5.5” X 5.5”
Pages: 68 pages
Anatta, the theory of no-soul or non-self, is a tough nut to crack. Yet only with a correct understanding of this key Buddhist issue we can open the door to the profound and liberating teachings of the Buddha. Knowing about the crucial importance of the doctrine of anatta, the reader might gather his or her courage to work through Sayādaw’s scholarly introduction to this central teaching. Do not feel disheartened should the text be difficult for you at a first reading. If you want to practice insight meditation it is good enough to have a basic right feel about anatta. It is the suspension of disbelief in the idea of anatta, non-self, which is the key to the door of insight. Once you are inwardly open to the possibility of there being no soul or lasting ego-entity in you, then your investigation of reality through insight meditation will be free to unfold. It is actually only through such a meditation investigation and resulting personal, intuitive experience of anatta that your preliminary openness and theoretical understanding can graduate into a verified and direct one. You should return to Sayādaw’s text after having had your own insight into the selfless nature of things, you will find understanding the text would be much easier for you.
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by SAYĀDAW U SILĀNANDA
ISBN 983-9439-09-X
IJ016/98
Size: 5.5” X 5.5”
Pages: 68 pages
Anatta, the theory of no-soul or non-self, is a tough nut to crack. Yet only with a correct understanding of this key Buddhist issue we can open the door to the profound and liberating teachings of the Buddha. Knowing about the crucial importance of the doctrine of anatta, the reader might gather his or her courage to work through Sayādaw’s scholarly introduction to this central teaching. Do not feel disheartened should the text be difficult for you at a first reading. If you want to practice insight meditation it is good enough to have a basic right feel about anatta. It is the suspension of disbelief in the idea of anatta, non-self, which is the key to the door of insight. Once you are inwardly open to the possibility of there being no soul or lasting ego-entity in you, then your investigation of reality through insight meditation will be free to unfold. It is actually only through such a meditation investigation and resulting personal, intuitive experience of anatta that your preliminary openness and theoretical understanding can graduate into a verified and direct one. You should return to Sayādaw’s text after having had your own insight into the selfless nature of things, you will find understanding the text would be much easier for you.
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