Can I say that this question exists but no questioner is found?
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Anatta is beautifully described here . The following quote sums up the idea of no self:
> "Mere suffering exists, no sufferer is found; The deeds are, but no
> doer of the deeds is there; Nibbāna is, but not the man that enters
> it; The path is, but no traveler on it is seen."
Extending the above analogy, can I say that,this question exists but no questioner is found?
Can I also say that, choice to answer this question exists but no choice maker will be found?
If you answer the above questions then haven't you yourself made the choice ?
EDIT: Some people have raised doubt over the validity of the quote above saying that this is not the mainstream Buddhist thought.
To further support the argument that there is no sufferer I quote from the book
Buddha: His Life ,His Doctrine ,His Order BY Dr. Hermann Oldenberg(page 253):
> A seeing,a hearing, a conceiving, above all a suffering, takes place :
> **but an existence, which may be regarded as the seer, the hearer,the sufferer, is not recognized in Buddhist teaching.**
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