Self

"SELF"

There is NO essential 'Self'. Self is ascertained in terms of the 5 Aggregates.

What we identify with as our "Self" is actually the interaction of the 5 Aggregates which forms a system.

Ignorance is when we identify with this as an individual entity rather than as a changing process. We foolishly impose a permanent, separate Self onto this ceaseless interaction of processes.

The experiencing of life from the deluded perspective of identification with this unchanging centre, this independent separate identity, is the Ignorant Premise that underlies life in Samsara.

Craving/Tanha, the cause of Suffering is fuelled by this erroneous perception which separates one who desires, the object of desire and the desire. All things are now seen as "I', "My" or "Mine".

When one no longer sees in this way, desires will cease since they are the result of thinking in terms of separateness or selfhood.