Is it the aggregates holding self-view that causes suffering within aggregates?
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In my current considerations, there are two options regarding self view and suffering, and I am not sure which one applies. Would appreciate any advice.
Option 1: there is a true self that can be deluded into identifying with the aggregates. While there is a lot of talk about how there is no self at all, Zen Buddhism to my understanding teaches that there is a "big I" and "small I", and that the big I should be revealed. The big I in option 1 could have the property "asleep" or "misidentifying".
Option 2: it's the aggregates themselves holding self-view which causes suffering *within the aggregates*, and through the Dhamma it is our aggregates that learn to stop holding self view. There is no separate self beyond the aggregates at all, not even realized after awakening nor in a conceptual manner.
Which one is correct? Possibly neither of them?
Asked by Gondola Spärde
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Oct 12, 2025, 08:15 AM
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