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The situation is inherently transformable Because reality flows We can't really drown We are carried along by the flow The impermanence idea goes pretty deep Anatman view is that External things are ephemeral The self is not something we can rely on Western thinkers Thinking there is a permanent self Buddhism Physical body Feelings change Perceptions or the label that you put on experiences Reaction to the things around you Consciousness fluctuates Our attention can fluctuate dramatically The question of permanence and changed Was wrestled with by Greek philosophers Personal identity What is it that makes us us? Some say it is memory Some say it is physical continuity as well What is it that is reborn? The cycle of rebirth What is the self? There isn't a self But something we can refer to Something that she did yesterday The person I am now Is based on the person I was then There is a causal chain
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Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 at 9:19 PM UTC
Philosophy Now On Buddhism
The situation is inherently transformable Because reality flows We can't really drown We are carried along by the flow The impermanence idea goes pretty deep Anatman view is that External things are ephemeral The self is not something we can rely on Western thinkers Thinking there is a permanent self Buddhism Physical body Feelings change Perceptions or the label that you put on experiences Reaction to the things around you Consciousness fluctuates Our attention can fluctuate dramatically The question of permanence and changed Was wrestled with by Greek philosophers Personal identity What is it that makes us us? Some say it is memory Some say it is physical continuity as well What is it that is reborn? The cycle of rebirth What is the self? There isn't a self But something we can refer to Something that she did yesterday The person I am now Is based on the person I was then There is a causal chain
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Jan 16, 2015
Jan 16, 2015 at 9:19 PM UTC
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