Flowers exist, conventionally. Do flowers have selves, ultimately? For Dōgen, impermanence is Buddha nature. Multiple streams of impermanence converge. Water is wet. Who are you?
As a product of the ālayavijñāna, "self" is illusion. The manas mis-taking the ālaya as "self" is delusion.
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Nevertheless, although no objective self exists a subjective self does. It is a product of the contents of the vault and the emotional response to sense interaction with the vault. Entirely derivative and reactive yet felt as real.
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Felt as real, yes. Many illusions and delusions are felt as real.
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