July 12, 2024 at 3:12 pm
#50860
Keymaster
It is a good summary. However, there is another aspect to be considered.
- Because of the reasons you discussed, there is an innate sanna of “me” and “mine” in all humans regardless of whether they believe in a soul (sassata ditthi) or believe that death of the physical body is the “end” (uccheda ditthi). This is one of the ten samyojana (asmi mana) that will disappear only at the Arahant stage.
- That innate sanna of “me” and “mine” arises because of a “distorted sanna” that is also “built-in” to our bodies.