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ISE Inquiry: No-Self vs. Unique Self

Is there an equivalent to the Unique Self in Buddhism?  Diane explores the concept of Unique Self in a Zen Buddhist context, which maintains that the closer we get to identifying something called "self," the more transient and impermanent that identity becomes.  Much of Zen practice has to do with cleansing our illusions of a separate self—there is no fixed reference point upon which we can hang our hat, but instead a vast empty expanse in which interior and exterior phenomena simply arise, linger for a moment, and fade away.  So how compatible are the notions of "No Self" and "Unique Self?"  Watch and find out!

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Unique Self, Shadow & Children
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A Christian perspective
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