Robert and Dhammarato talk about anatta, insights from Zen, competition, and change. #zen #anatta #change

Suttas mentioned in this discussion https://suttacentral.net/mn38

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00:00:00 Anatta - no soul 00:04:16 Zen insights 00:06:12 Christianity is a form of atheism (Slavoj Žižek); Freud ‘Moses and Monotheism’; Jung ‘Answer to Job’ 00:12:08 ‘The cycle must go on’ the Buddha teaches to come out of that cycle 00:13:34 Power and strength; coming out of competition; avoiding groups 00:20:04 Gender differences in competition; lessons from society 00:29:37 Back to anatta; the possibility of change; appearance; clothing; dress codes 00:46:43 Zen emphasis on non-discrimination; causes and conditions; rebirth and reincarnation (MN 38) 01:10:39 Nisargadatta Maharaj ‘I Am That’; seeing the cycle of feelings; life is intrinsically good 01:20:12 Studying the Dhamma with intensity; magical thinking; samatha and vipassanā are not separate