Eradication of self depends on there being a self to eradicate. One of those mistaken ideas that really got the Buddha's panties in a bunch.
‘Eradication of self’ is a curious turn of phrase. Where did you get an idea like that? I always got the idea that one trains to let go of self-clinging, such that one doesn’t need to make an object of the self...not to ‘eradicate’ the self. I may have misunderstood, of course
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Common theme among seekers. We're told there's no self, so we long for a "no-self experience." The hope is to get so enlightened that we can forever dwell in this wonderful no-self. Understandable, but doesn't lead anywhere, since what we experience as self is itself process.
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Ah ok. In this case, we agree more than your parody led me to believe. Pesky autistic literalism
FWIW, I have never been taught - by several people - there is no self. Only things that are not-self which we cling to, and a ‘self as process’ which is mistaken for a thing. - 2 more replies
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