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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Y2K" data-source="post: 8503389" data-attributes="member: 35049">Have we come to the End of this problem ? Yeah , I think we have come to the end Five Aggregates are ConditionedWhen the question of who is that feels was put to Him, the Buddha answered:“This question is not proper. Because I do not teach that there is one who feels. If, however, the quest-ion is put thus:— Conditioned through what, does feeling arise? Then the answer will be:— Through sense-impression is feeling conditioned… through feeling, craving; through craving, clinging;….Doctrine of Egolessness as via MediaThe Buddha states:“I do not teach that there is one thing called old ageand death, and that there is someone to whom theybelong. Verily, if one holds the view that life(jiva=life principle, soul) is identical with the body(tam jivaü taü sariraü), in that case there can be noholy life. And if one holds the view that life is onething but body another thing (a¤¤aü jivaü a¤¤aüsariraü), also in that case holy life is impossible.Avoiding both of these extremes (i.e. completeidentity and complete otherness) the Perfect Onehas taught the doctrine that lies in the middle,namely: Through rebirth conditioned are old ageand death; …through the process of becoming,rebirth; …through clinging, the process of becoming;etc.….”</blockquote>

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