Reply To: Two unbroken streams of consciousness (DN28)

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sybe07
Spectator

Hi Lal,

In the sutta’s the Buddha advises the khandha’s, ofcourse also the vinnanakhandha, to see, with correct wisdom, like this: ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not myself.’ (for example: https://suttacentral.net/en/sn22.17)

What does this mean? How to understand this?

Do you belief the Buddha did possess some kind of knowledge (wisdom) of which he really was, some kind of true identity-view, from which he really knew…i am not the khandha’s nor are they mine and myself?

Or, do you belief that the instruction ‘This is not mine, this I am not, this is not myself’, is only a skillful means, not meant as an expression of truth, just an instruction which is helpfull to detach?

kind regards,
Siebe