January 10, 2018 at 3:06 pm
#13601
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