Becoming Selfless: The Evolving Not‐Self
Tahn Pamutto
Anthropology of Consciousness September 1, 2017 DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12070 (opens in new tab)
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AI-extracted from the abstract| Characteristics | Peer reviewed |
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| Key points | Proposes that the Buddha's teaching to avoid identification with the "five aggregates subject to clinging" promises disenchantment with a person's outward manifestations and an opening to seeing and appreciating the being right in front of us. |
Abstract
Abstract: Venerable “Than” Pamutto was ordained in 2010 in the austere forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He lives as a mendicant monk traveling among the towns and forests of rural New England. The Buddha's teaching to avoid identification with the “five aggregates subject to clinging” (form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness) promises disenchantment with the outward manifestations of a person and an opening to seeing and appreciating the being right in front of us.