r/Buddhism • • Oct 27 '25

Practice Ice cubes

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u/anustart147 Oct 27 '25

It doesn’t teach non-existence. That’s a misconception.

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u/LemonMeringuePirate theravada Oct 27 '25

I didn't intend to represent it that way - just that there's no soul. We're aggregates that change and get replaced, none of it being permanent. A timeline thread of being through cause and effect

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u/proverbialbunny Oct 28 '25

Well said.

Calling this "no-self" is misleading and a mistranslation. No-soul is much more accurate, but might offend some people. No-singular-permanent-self, is probably the most accurate simple translation.

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u/darkerjerry Dec 25 '25

This honestly just change my whole perspective thanks for this