Q) Why, in the scriptures, does the Buddha refer to himself as ‘I’? In the Satipatthana Sutta he says of the monk practicing mindfulness of breathing ‘I know I breathe a short breath’ etc. If he teachs the doctrine of ‘No-I’ then why does he still use the first person?

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In this podcast:

 

• Conventional and absolute truths (samvrti/ paramartha)
• The Doctrine of the Two Truths in early and developed Buddhism
• Different expressions of this truth appear in Samsara/Nirvana, appearance/reality, sun obscured by clouds etc.
• What is the basis of reality in Buddhism? The theory of the dharmas.
• Cinema model of dharma samtana