[Buddha-l] Re: Where does authority for "true" Buddhism come from ?

[Vicente Gonzalez]

Bill wrote:

BK> What about this one ?
BK>  http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes/rebirth.pdf

it is about nature of -self components, etc.. It is an interesting
paper, btw. But it don't explain the relation of the self with the
experience of life and death. 

Buddha avoided to make this thing because it don't drive to the
the cease of -self.

The problem here it's different. According Richard, life and death
are phenomena able to cause the arising or cease of this process.
Therefore, life and death are not phenomena because the -self
but here the ignorance of the nature of -self only includes the
ignorance of the nature of dukkha (the second noble truth, btw).

The contradiction is obvious when philosophically, we cannot surpass
life and death, and it is precisely avidya. What Buddha wanted to
elucidate! 
When not clarifying this, the non-rebirth schema of Richard it don't
drives to the cease of -self (neither dukkha, of course).
And at least for me, it is just an outsider idea driving to atman.


best regards,