Becoming Selfless: The Evolving Not-Self

Venerable “Than” Pamutto was ordained in 2010 in the austere forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He lives as a mendicant monk traveling among the towns and forests of rural New England. The Buddha's teaching to avoid identification with the “five aggregates subject to clinging” (form, feeli...

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Published in:Anthropology of consciousness
Main Author: Pamutto, Tahn (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: American Anthropological Association [2017]
In: Anthropology of consciousness
Further subjects:B Interbeing
B mendicant monks
B Selflessness
B Theravada Buddhism
B Emptiness
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Summary:Venerable “Than” Pamutto was ordained in 2010 in the austere forest tradition of Theravada Buddhism. He lives as a mendicant monk traveling among the towns and forests of rural New England. The Buddha's teaching to avoid identification with the “five aggregates subject to clinging” (form, feeling, perception, formations, and consciousness) promises disenchantment with the outward manifestations of a person and an opening to seeing and appreciating the being right in front of us.
ISSN:1556-3537
Contains:Enthalten in: Anthropology of consciousness
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/anoc.12070