Mi'sen

This is interesting take. But the 5 skandhas are not a self. We mistake them for a self, but no self can be found. I think this distinction is subtle, but important.https://twitter.com/thomyor_/status/983691453321838592 …

That’s saying the same thing, as far as I can tell. Skandhas is one model, pretty good too, although I think it misses out on some of the socially determined aspects of what we usually mistake as self....Buddha could take some hints from Whitehead’s process-relational philosophy.

Belief in self, illusory or not, is the cause of samsara. So the distinction is important. Sorry if that is neither helpful nor skillful. Maybe someone else can explain it better.