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HPI 09 - Suffering and Smiling - the Buddha

History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China

CHAPTER

The Paradox of Reincarnation

Buddhist philosophy was itself a changing agglomeration, with different thinkers holding rival views at one time and across the centuries. When asked whether there is really a self, he simply refused to answer. Other Buddhists felt that this was tantamount to conceding the Brahmanic view of self. This is what we'll be discussing next time, as we look at the philosophical method of early Buddhism and find out how silence can speak louder than words.

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