Prof Bryan Van Norden of Vassar College explains the Buddhist Simile of the Chariot, which is used to argue for the doctrine of no-self (anatman), how reincarnation is different from transmigration, why Buddhists do not think your soul is your self, and why Buddhists doubt that language can ever fully express the truth. Recorded on Zoom on 10 March 2021.
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0:30 Review of the Five Aggregates
2:58 “It’s NOT Turtles All the Way Down!”
5:24 Review of the Chariot Simile
12:58 Review of the Ethical Implications of No-Self
14:19 Don’t I have a soul/self?
24:43 Does the soul need a body to be individuated?
26:29 Bodily Resurrection in the Abrahamic Traditions
30:13 How is there “reincarnation” without a self?
42:00 Why Fear Death but Not Sleep?
49:40 Heaven, Hell, and Upāya (Skillful Means)
56:50 Parable of the Burning House from the Lotus Sutra
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