[Buddha-l] FW: Three year Research Associate, UK, Indian & Buddhist theories of self

[Richard Hayes]

On Wednesday 01 August 2007 09:00, jkirk wrote:

> One wonders if they aren't about to reinvent the wheel on both accounts.

No question ever becomes obsolete in philosophy. The question of self and what 
no-self means has been a very hot topic in recent years, and people are 
finally pushing beyond the flat and boring accounts that most of us grew up 
listening to our professors drone on about. The principal investigators in 
this project are most excellent thinkers and scholars and should come up with 
some interesting material.

Does anyone have any reactions to Thanissaro Bhikkhu's claim in the Summer 
2007 issue of Tricycle? An oversimplified summary of his claim is that ego is 
an indispensable part of the psyche and that whatever else Buddhism may be 
teaching, it is definitely not encouraging people to dump their egos.

-- 
Richard P. Hayes
Department of Philosophy
University of New Mexico
http://www.unm.edu/~rhayes
http://dayamati.blogspot.com