Message from hdao

[Anonymous]

Another central but difficult idea to explain to students is that of emptiness or "no-self" or not-self." The Buddha rejected the Hindu idea of an enduring soul that transmigrates from one llife to another, and challenged his critics to find this so-called self. Not only can the soul not be substantiated, but what we typically see, as Prof. Meeks pointed out, that the self is a result of casues and conditions. The self therefore, cannot exist on its own if it depends on something else.