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Miraculous Transformation and Personal Identity: A note on The First anātman Teaching of the Second Sermon

@inproceedings{Wynne2009MiraculousTA,
  title={Miraculous Transformation and Personal Identity: A note on The First anātman Teaching of the Second Sermon},
  author={Alexander Wynne},
  year={2009}
}

• Alexander Wynne
• Published 2009
• Mathematics

1The Mahāvagga of the Pāli Vinaya reports this teaching as follows: Vin I, 13.18: rūpaṃ bhikkhave anattā. rūpan ca h’ idaṃ bhikkhave attā abhavissa, na y idaṃ rūpaṃ ābādhāya saṃvatteyya, labbhetha ca rūpe: evaṃ me rūpaṃ hotu, evaṃ me rūpaṃ mā ahosī ti. yasmā ca kho bhikkhave rūpaṃ anattā, tasmā rūpaṃ ābādhāya saṃvattati, na ca labbhati rūpe: evaṃ me rūpaṃ hotu, evaṃ me rūpaṃ mā ahosī ti. vedanā anattā, vedanā ca h’ idaṃ bhikkhave attā abhavissa… ‘Form, bhikkhus, is not attā. For if form were attā it would not incline towards affliction, and with regard to it one would succeed with the thoughts ‘let my form be thus’ or ‘let not my form be thus’. Since form is not attā, bhikkhus, it inclines towards affliction and with regard to it one does not succeed with the thought ‘let my form be thus’ or ‘let not my form be thus’. Feeling is not attā, for if feeling were attā, bhikkhus… ’. The versions of this teaching contained in Buddhist Sanskrit texts are more or less identical: From the Mahāsāṃghika Mahāvastu: III.335.12: rūpaṃ bhikṣavo anātmā, vedanā anātmā, saṃjnā anātmā, saṃskārā anātmā, vijnānaṃ anātmā. idaṃ rūpaṃ ce bhikṣavaḥ ātmā abhaviṣyat, na va rūpaṃ ābādhāya duḥkhāya saṃvarteta, ṛdhyāc ca rūpe kāmakārikatā: evaṃ me rūpaṃ bhavatu, evaṃ mā bhavatu. yasmāc ca bhikṣavo rūpaṃ anātmā, tasmād rūpaṃ bādhāya duḥkhāya saṃvartati, na cātra ṛdhyati kāmakārikatā: evaṃ me rūpaṃ bhavatu, evaṃ mā bhavatu. iyaṃ vedanā ce bhikṣavo ātmā abhaviṣyat…