Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.64
Early Monastic Buddhism v2.c35.s3.t5.64
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v2.c35.s3.t5.64
As regards the second opinion we may state that the doctrine of anattā teaches that there are actually no individual beings, and that it is avijjā which makes one think of the existence of beings. The S. are only stating the axiomatic truth that in Buddha’s eye, no individual beings exist and as such they cannot be the object of his maitrī and karuṇā.