On "Self" is "Not Self"

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Paraphrases such as "Atman" (or "Self") and "Anatman" (or "No-Self") or "Atman" (or "Self") or "Anatman" (or "No-Self") are expression of duality in trying to express or construct the essence and nature of existential non-duality. And even "Being" and "Non-Being" And as such, need to be replaced by non-dual expression of "Being and Becoming" which are flux, impermanence, dynamic, transformative, and emerging process (and mechanism). And align with existential Greater Whole or Gr und of Being and Existence. And becoming.

Another simple way of saying the non-dual paraphrases and words are not only neither pointer nor description nor experience of existential nature of reality and truth. Rather, false pointer, description, and experience of existential reality and truth thar arose from negation philosophy that supposed to express non-duality, However, are causes of duality and closed, false perception, and not understanding of the world. And as an illustration even after being simplified Hegel vs. Eastern Philosophy on Enlightenment. Would still be impossible to meaningfully, realistically, and comprehensively relate much less imagine much less understand much less comprehend. And as a scientific and experiential illustration:

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Even expressing "Being" and or "Non-Being" are totally incorrect for the following main reasons;

1.0 Individual-shared-collective are flux, impermanence, dynamic, transformative, and emerging whole process.

2.0 And the reason for 1.0 is the Greater Whole is flux, impermanence, dynamic, transformative, and emerging whole as sum of its parts.

3.0 And the reasons for 1.0 and 2.0 is due the Ground of Existence (Creation) and Being (Creator) and Becoming is is flux, impermanence, dynamic, transformative, and emerging of Greater Whole,

4.0 The essence and nature of sentience is neither "Being" nor "Atman" nor "Anatman". And even the paraphrase "Self" is "Npt Self" is more appropriate; they are only noun as well as neither descriptive nor pointer to process of being and becoming and nature of reality and truth (and which can also be said of the word "Emptiness" - Brief and Simplified Suggestion on the Essence of the Heart Sutra and Essence and Nature of Existential Non-Duality - EPISTEMOLOGY OF LIFE AND ONTOLOGY OF EXISTENCE FOUNDATION AND INSTITUTE. It is not the essence and nature of sentience. The Essence and nature of sentience is through verb or action flow process of being and becoming basing on the Essence, Nature, and Ground of Being and Existence. And Becoming. And as a few illustrations (and among past discernments):

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And which indicated that individual-shared-collective essence and nature of being and becoming is a process of interdependent and interconnectedness or intertwined and entangled of the whole basing on the Essence, Nature, and Ground of Being and Existence and Becoming. As as such, describing God and Ground of Being or Ground of Being and or Non-Being is dual beside also totally incorrect. The expression should be Gound of Being and Becoming. And which indicated the process (and mechanism) briefly simplified and described in 1.0-3.0

"Atman" only in Advaita Vedanta or "Anatman" only in Buddhism are more or less can be due to such as competition, tribalism, closed mind, and exclusiveness. However, it could be due to not accepting and or understanding the guidance of Gautama Buddha as well as closed mind and practices, false experience, and non-understanding of essence and nature of non-dual existential world and nature of reality and truth since or in part due to followers are following the same ideology path and belief practices or false perception, experience, understanding, and construct of the world rather than process of essence and nature of being and becoming millenniums after millenniums.

And as such, causes reasons, and causalities for much generational harm, divisiveness, conflict, exploitation, violence, inhumanity, injustice, and suffering locally, non-locally, and universally throughout the millenniums.

And even Ai is starting to realize:

Heart Sutra and No self is Self - Google Search

Heart Sutra and No self is Self - Google Search

Heart Sutra and Ground of Being and Becoming - Google Search (AI has multiple explanations)

An explanation:

The Heart Sutra addresses the nature of reality, primarily through the Mahayana Buddhist concept of emptiness (śūnyatā), which posits that phenomena are "empty of self-nature" or inherent existence. This connects with the philosophical idea of the "Ground of Being" by suggesting that this very emptiness or "boundlessness" is the fundamental, non-dualistic basis from which all things arise and pass away. 

The Heart Sutra and the Nature of Reality
The central message of the Heart Sutra is summarized in the famous phrase: "Form is emptiness, emptiness is form". 
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• Form refers to all physical phenomena and the five aggregates (form, feeling, perception, mental formations, consciousness) that constitute a person.
• Emptiness does not mean mere nothingness or a void, but rather that all things are interdependent and impermanent, lacking a separate, permanent "self" or essence. They "neither arise nor cease, are neither defiled nor pure, neither increase nor decrease".
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This view transcends the dualistic thinking of existence and non-existence, revealing reality as an "interbeing" (a term popularized by Thich Nhat Hanh), where everything "inter-is" with everything else. 

The Ground of Being and Becoming

The "Ground of Being" is a philosophical or spiritual term that in Mahayana Buddhism is often synonymous with buddha-nature or one's true nature. 
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• Ground of Being: The Heart Sutra implies that this ground is not a static, substantial entity but the very openness and lack of inherent existence (emptiness) that allows for all phenomena to manifest. Settling on this ground involves finding a "complete stillness" and "equanimity" within daily life, free from the grasping and fear that come from believing in a solid, separate self.


• Becoming: The process of becoming (birth, death, aging, etc.) is understood within this ground of emptiness. Because things are empty of a fixed self, they are in a constant state of flux, or "dependent arising". The sutra emphasizes that birth and death are not separate events but a continuous, moment-to-moment cycle of transition between forms.

In essence, the Heart Sutra teaches that the fundamental ground of being is precisely the dynamic process of becoming—an "interdependent continuum of existence" that is spontaneously complete just as it is, without anything to attain or non-attain. The wisdom of the sutra lies in realizing this truth directly, which liberates the mind from suffering and fear. 



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