adapted from a talk by Gil Fronsdal, October 1st, 2002 People are often perplexed by the Buddha’s teaching of anatta, or not-self. One reason is because in different religions and schools of psychotherapy and philosophy, as well as in everyday language, the word “self” is used in many ways. When people talk about “the self” without defining their terms, they may be unknowingly talking about different things. So, to understand the Buddha’s teaching of not-self, we must understand how the … Continue reading Anatta and the Four Noble Truths