Can we Reinvent Ourselves? A Buddhist View
dc.contributor.author | Finnigan, Bronwyn | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-09T03:49:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-09T03:49:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-07-16 | |
dc.date.updated | 2019-03-12T07:22:55Z | |
dc.description.abstract | Is self-transformation possible and, if so, how can it be achieved? An initial reading of Buddhist philosophy might suggest a simple but perhaps unilluminating answer. The Buddha taught that attachment to self is a central cause of human suffering. It underpins many of the psychological states that detract from our happiness and that we might wish to change. However, the Buddha also taught that attachment to self is rooted in ignorance because there is, in fact, no self. Taken at face value, this might seem to suggest that self-transformation is not possible because there is no self to transform. You can’t change what’s not there. | en_AU |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/159374 | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | en_AU |
dc.publisher | IAI | en_AU |
dc.rights | © the author | en_AU |
dc.source | IAI News | en_AU |
dc.source.uri | https://iai.tv/articles/reinventing-ourselves-according-to-the-buddha-auid-1108 | en_AU |
dc.title | Can we Reinvent Ourselves? A Buddhist View | en_AU |
dc.type | Newspaper/magazine article | en_AU |
dcterms.accessRights | Open Access via publisher website | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.issue | Online | en_AU |
local.bibliographicCitation.placeofpublication | Online | |
local.contributor.affiliation | Finnigan, Bronwyn, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoremail | repository.admin@anu.edu.au | en_AU |
local.contributor.authoruid | Finnigan, Bronwyn, u3305745 | en_AU |
local.description.notes | Imported from ARIES | en_AU |
local.identifier.absfor | 220319 - Social Philosophy | en_AU |
local.identifier.absseo | 970122 - Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | en_AU |
local.identifier.ariespublication | u1007931xPUB104 | en_AU |
local.identifier.uidSubmittedBy | u1007931 | en_AU |
local.type.status | Published Version | en_AU |