
HPI 09 - Suffering and Smiling - the Buddha
History of Philosophy: India, Africana, China
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The Brahmanic Theory of the Unchanging Self
We are nothing more than flowing streams, with no firm identity from time to time. The Brahmanic theory of the unchanging self was attacked by later Buddhists like Nagarjuna. But we already see it emerging in the Pali canon, often in the context of discussing reincarnation.
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