In the Sabbasava Sutta (MN2) , the view that "I have no self" is listed as one of the six wrong views and one who holds this view will not be freed from suffering.
Questions:
1. Why is "I have no self" a wrong view?
2. Why is this not a contradiction to anatta?
> "As he attends inappropriately in this way, one of six kinds of view
> arises in him: The view *I have a self* arises in him as true &
> established, or the view ***I have no self***... or the view *It is
> precisely by means of self that I perceive self*... or the view *It is
> precisely by means of self that I perceive not-self*... or the view
> *It is precisely by means of not-self that I perceive self* arises in him as true & established, or else he has a view like this: *This very
> self of mine — the knower that is sensitive here & there to the
> ripening of good & bad actions — is the self of mine that is constant,
> everlasting, eternal, not subject to change, and will stay just as it
> is for eternity*. This is called a thicket of views, a wilderness of
> views, a contortion of views, a writhing of views, a fetter of views.
> Bound by a fetter of views, the uninstructed run-of-the-mill person is
> not freed from birth, aging, & death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain,
> distress, & despair. He is not freed, I tell you, from suffering &
> stress.
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Sep 10, 2017, 04:36 PM
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