Sukihotu,
Pls read the full article written by Ajahn Bhram here
Pls read other article on similar subject here, here, and here.
Mettacittena
Bugs Tan
23rd Sep 2011
The Buddha taught that there is no ‘soul’,no essential and permanent core to a living being. Instead, that which we calla ‘living being’, human or otherwise, can be seen to be but a temporarycoming-together of many parts and activities—when complete it is called a‘living being’, but when the parts have separated and the activities haveceased it is not called a ‘living being’ anymore. Like a computer assembled ofmany parts and activities, only when it is complete and performs coherent tasksis it called a ‘computer’, but when the computer is taken apart and theactivities cease it is no longer called a ‘computer’. No essential andpermanent core can be found which we can truly call the ‘computer’, and justso no essential and permanent core can be found in a living being which we cancall the ‘soul’.
Yet rebirth still occurs without a ‘soul’.Consider this simile: on a Buddhist shrine a candle is burnt low and is aboutto go out. A monk takes a new candle and lights it from the old one. The oldcandle goes out but the new candle burns bright. What went across from the oldcandle to the new? There was a causal link but no ‘thing’ went across! In thesame way, there was a causal link between your previous life and your presentlife, but no ‘soul’ went across.
Indeed, the illusion of a ‘soul’ is said bythe Buddha to be the root cause of all human suffering. The illusion of ‘soul’manifests as the ‘ego’. The natural unstoppable function of the ego is tocontrol. Big egos want to control the world, average egos try to control theirimmediate surroundings of home, family and work place, and all egos strive tocontrol what they take to be their own body and mind. Such control manifests asdesire and aversion, and it results in a lack of both inner peace and outerharmony. It is this ego that seeks to acquire possessions, manipulate othersand exploit the environment. Its aim is its own happiness but it invariablyproduces suffering. It craves for satisfaction but experiences discontent. Suchdeep-rooted suffering cannot come to an end until one sees, through insightbased on deep and powerful meditation, that the idea of ‘me and mine’ is nomore than a mirage.
Pls read the full article written by Ajahn Bhram here
Pls read other article on similar subject here, here, and here.
Mettacittena
Bugs Tan
23rd Sep 2011
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