One More Discussion About Anatman Of Original Buddhism

Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism,has many teachings, one of his most important theory is anatman. Everybody aways thinks that there is an ego existing in this world, and there is avidya in people’s heart, and then there is desire, anger, ignorance, jealousy and pride. Avidya is the condition of confusing the permanent, pure, blissful and the Self with that which is impermanent, impure, painful and the not-self. The thought anatman is trying to bring all the people of the world out of the slumber of ignorance and bring them nearer to the facts of reality。Sakyamuni pay close attention to the pain of the realistic life,and try his best to find a way to make people’s life a little happy,and finally he found the way,that is anatman. The Buddhist thought anatman point out the the essence of life frankly,the world is aways changeable,and the life is illusory. Recognizing this, people will wipe out his ego-mind, and obtain the The wisdom of the Buddha. The Buddhist thought anatman requires people turn his attention to his heart inside, rather than the world outside. This point reflects the humanistic care of Buddhism.This article will analysis the anatman thought from four aspects. Firstly we will discuss the the thought background. There were many philosophy schools in the times which Buddha lived in.Making full use of the intellectual resources, Buddha established his original theory of anatman.And then we will introduce the political background,that is caste system in India. secondly this peper talk about the theoretical foundation of anatman, that is Dependent Origination. According to Dependent Origination,there is no ego in this world,there is only karma and no other things. Thirdly this parper analysised the reason why there is an ego in people’s thought. The self-consciousness makes human a divinity exsist, and at the same time brings people to a miserable condition. The self-consciousness is the root of helpless and despair. At last this paper discussed the modern significance of the thought anatman.