Thursday 19 September 2024

What does Siddhartha Gautama Buddha mean when he says that a human is not a being and doesn't own a soul?

What does Siddhartha Gautama Buddha mean when he says that a human is not a being and doesn't own a soul? That is because 99.99 % of the people believe that there is a permanent soul inside. Most of the religions are based on the view that there is a permanent soul. So, such soul is created by God and the soul will be united with God in eternity and blah blah stuff. And the religious people impose people to follow certain set of rules as if they are the medium of god or somehow they have connection with God. 2,600 years ago, Buddha said there is no permanent soul. There are five aggregates or Khanda. They are appearing and passing away. The speed is too fast that we are mistaken as if we have soul. If you want to know details, you need to learn Buddhism especially Abidhamma, dependent origination and insight meditation. There is theory and there is a practice to prove the theory. That doesn’t mean that we have to abandon our parents and social stuff. There are two kind of truths - conventional truths and ultimate truths. Buddhuism is going towards ultimate truths. It observes fundamental and basic building blocks of us. But, since we are living in this world, we also need to follow conventional truths. They are also true at some level. Although they are not true at absolute level. When you pick up the book of other religion, you will see the difference. The view based on there is a soul, self, god, permanent being, eternity.

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