英語で仏教の第７回。テーマは【無我】です。

無我とは「それ単独で存在するような、唯一絶対的なものは存在しない」という概念で、仏教のベースとなるものです。

そして、物事はみんな関わり合って成り立っているという「縁起」という思想につながるものでもあります。

ですから無我をinterdependence（相互依存）と訳すこともあるようです。

⚫︎チャプター①

What is nothing has an ego？This means that there is no ego or self which is an absolute existence and remains unchanged forever. It is similar to “impermanence” and the two concepts are inseparable. 

⚫︎チャプター②

“Impermanence” places emphasis on the truth that everything arises, changes and extinguishes, while “nothing has an ego” stresses the negation of an absolute, external existence. Because everything is “without a self,” it is said that “nothing has an ego.”

●チャプター③

There has appeared some doubt as to whether the Buddha actually directly preached the idea of selflessness. According to the scriptures, the Buddha stressed elimination of attachment to the self. This is because he held that suffering arises from the self’s attachments to things. Therefore it is said that this emphasis was later developed and formed the idea of “no self.”