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Why is "I have no self" a wrong view?

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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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