Sakkāyadiṭṭhi - Self View

This is part 15 of a course going through the similes and metaphors of the Buddha. Course home 1: Introduction to Imagery in the EBTs2: Taṇhā — Craving3: Rāga — Passion4: Vyāpāda — Hatred and Aversion5: Thīnamiddha — Sloth and Torpor6: Uddhaccakukkuca — Restlessness and Worry7: Vicikicchā — Doubt8: Vedanā — Feelings9: Vedanānupassanā — Investigating Feelings10: Sukha — Happiness11: Upekkhā — Equanimity12: Yathābhūtañāṇadassana — Knowledge and Vision of the Way Things Are13: Vimutti — Liberation14: Upādāna – Grasping15: Sakkāyadiṭṭhi - Self View16: Sammādiṭṭhi - Right View17: Saṅkhāra — Activity18: Vitakka — Thought19: Yoniso Manasikāra — Wise Attention20: Vipassanā — Insight21: Samatha & Vipassanā — Tranquility & Insight22: Samādhi — Immersion23: Viveka — Seclusion24: Vossagga — Letting Go25: Suññatā — Emptiness26: Conclusion

Illustration by Ayya Vimalayani aka "Ven Yodha"

The self is an assumption we construct from our dreams.

Textbook

Read Chapter 2 of:

From Grasping to Emptiness: Excursions into the Thought-world of the Pāli Discourses Volume 2 – Bhikkhu Anālayo (.pdf)

Suttas

SN 22.59 Anattalakkhaṇa Sutta: Not Self (.pdf)

SN 5.10 Vajirā Sutta: Vajira (.pdf)

SA 267: The Second Discourse on Not Knowing

SN 23.2 Satta Sutta: Sentient Beings

Similes

Hecker similes: 3, 18, 24 and 25.

Reflections

How can these suttas help us differentiate between self-compassion and self-indulgence?

Continue to Part 16, Sammādiṭṭhi - Right View

...or go back to part 14