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Entity View | Identity Formation | Anatta | Not Self | Sakkaya Ditthi | Asmi Mana | Ajahn Dhammasiha
Ajahn Dhammasīha cites the following short Pali quote at the beginning of his Dhamma Talk :
"Yena yena hi maññanti, tato taṃ hoti aññathā."
"By whatever they conceive, that is becoming otherwise."
= "Whatever they use as support for their illusion of identity, that is all changing and becoming otherwise"
(Majjhima Nikāya/Middle Length Discourses #113, "Sappurisa Sutta" / "Discourse on the Authentic Person")
In order to build up and maintain an illusion of self ('Entity View'/'Sakkāyadiṭṭhi'), we need prop ups. The self illusion has to be based on some foundation. In a profound sense, we try…
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