No Inner Core

By Silananda, Sayadaw U.

Book Id: WPLBN0000700123
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	No Inner Core
Author:	Silananda, Sayadaw U.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Religion, Buddhism, Buddhism and literature
Collections:	Buddhist Literature Collection, BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network
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Publisher:	Buddhanet: Buddhist Information and Education Network


Citation APA MLA Chicago U. Silanand, B. S. (n.d.). No Inner Core. Retrieved from https://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
BuddhaNet: Buddhist Information and Education Network document.

Excerpt
Excerpt: The anatta doctrine is one of the most important teachings of Buddhism. It is the most distinctive feature of Buddhism for, as many scholars have recognized, it makes Buddhism different from all other religions. Although the anatta doctrine is so important, so distinctive, and supposedly so universally accepted by Buddhists, it is still the most misunderstood, the most misinterpreted, and the most distorted of all the teachings of the Buddha. Some scholars who have written on Buddhism had a great respect for the Buddha, liked His teachings, revered Him and honoured Him, but they could not imagine that such a profound thinker had actually denied the existence of a soul.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: Preface, 3 -- Introduction, 7 -- Understanding Anatt…, 15 -- Misunderstanding Anatt…, 29 -- Impermanence, Suffering and No-Soul, 35 -- Direct Experience of Anatt…, 40 -- Analysis of the Discourse on the Characteristic of No-Soul, 42 -- Questions and Answers, 51 -- Anattalakkha?a Sutta, 56 -- Bibliography, 61 -- Endnotes, 63 -- Other Inward Journey Publications, 67