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In Buddhism the concept of an ego, in the sense of consciousness of one's self, is seen as composed of nonvalid factors, as delusion.  The concept of an ego arises when the dichotomizing intellect (the sixths sense, shadayatana) is confused into presupposing a dualism between I and not-I (or other).  As a result we think and act as though we were entities separated from everything else, over against a world that lies outside of us.  Thus the idea of an I becomes fixed in our subconscious, a self which produces thought processes like "I hate this, I love that; this is yours, this is mine."  Nurtured by such conceptions, we reach the point where the I or ego dominates the mind; it attacks everything that threatens its dominance and is attracted to everything that seems to extend its power.  Enmity, desire, and alienation, which culminate in suffering, are the ineluctable results of this outlook, which in Zen is cut through by the practice of zazen.  Thus in the course of Zen training under a roshi, who leads people on the path to enlightenment (satori, kensho), the dominance of the ego illusion over the practioner's thinking and aspirations is gradually overcome.
From: The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen

Love makes the ego loose itself.

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buddhism book by leslie alldritt Buddhism - page 24 - by Leslie Alldritt - Examines the faith founded by Siddhartha Gautama, which is now being embraced by people around the world.

 

 

buddhism as philosophy book Buddhism as Philosophy: An Introduction - page 32 - by Mark Siderits - There has been a recent upsurge in interest in Buddhist philosophy, but there is as yet no satisfactory text on the subject. "Buddhism as Philosophy" fills that void. Unlike other texts that serve to introduce Buddhist thought, it is written by a philosopher and it shows how the Buddhist tradition deals with the same sorts of problems that get treated in Western philosophy and employs the same sorts of methods. This book does more than just report what Buddhist philosophers said; it presents the arguments of the Buddhist philosophers, in their own words, and it invites the reader to assess their overall cogency. In short, "Buddhism as Philosophy" investigates the Buddhist tradition by way of the characteristically philosophical concern for finding out the truth about complicated matters in metaphysics, epistemology and ethics.

Buddhist Non-dualism by Zee
http://buddhism.multiply.com/journal/item/122/Buddhist_Non-dualism

Buddhist Pksychology: Studies in Non-Self
http://www.buddhistpsychology.info/non-self.htm


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complete idiot's gude to understanding buddhism third edition  Complete Idiot's Guide to Understanding Buddhism third edition - page 129 - by Gary Gach, Michael Wenger - The latest edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Buddhism updates one of Alpha Books's most successful books in the religion/spirituality category, providing extensive information on both understanding the teachings and schools of Buddhism and incorporating the tenets of Buddhism into everyday life. It also includes additional information on Buddhism's effect on popular arts and sciences, the continuing relevance of the Dalai Lama, and an annotated bibliography.

• With Buddhism as one of America's fastest growing religions, the audience continues to renew itself
• Covers all four schools of Buddhism: Zen, Tibetan, Pure Land, and Insight Meditation, which are not in competitors' books
• For thousands of years, Buddhism has been a source of inner peace and security for millions


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Death of the Ego: A Buddhist View
http://the-wanderling.com/ego.html

Desire is not the Problem, Dualistic Identity Is - MahaSiddha Dharma
http://buddhistsjustwannahavefun.tribe.net/thread/9d5c59e0-c75d-471a-bec8-f0b7a4d4b25c

Dhamma and Non-duality by Bhikkhu bodhi
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/bodhi/bps-essay_27.html


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ego, attachment and liberation book; kindle editionEgo, Attachment and Liberation by Lama Yeshe - In 1975, Lama Yeshe undertook his most extensive international teaching tour, being on the road for nearly nine months. During this time he gave many and varied teachings, a few of which have already been published in Becoming Your Own Therapist, Make Your Mind an Ocean and The Peaceful Stillness of the Silent Mind.

This book contains the teachings and meditations Lama gave at a five-day retreat he led near Melbourne, Australia, which he introduced by saying:

"Whether or not this five-day meditation course becomes beneficial is up to you; it depends on your own mind. It’s not a lama thing; I’m not going to bring you to enlightenment in this short time. Instead of having too many expectations of the lama, it’s better that you generate a pure motivation for being here. Expectations cause mental problems; instead of being positive, they become negative...

"If over the next five days you can begin to recognize the reality of your own nature, this meditation course will have been worthwhile. Therefore, dedicate your actions during this time to discovering inner freedom through recognizing the negative characteristics of your own uncontrolled mind."

In line with Lama’s intentions, this book is dedicated to the awakening of inner freedom within the minds of its readers and all other sentient beings.

 

essence of jung's psychology and tibetan buddhism Essence of Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism: Western and Eastern Paths to the Heart by Radmila Moacanin - The Essence of Jung's Psychology and Tibetan Buddhism illuminates two very different yet remarkably similar traditions. Radmila Moacanin touches on many of their major ideas: the collective unconscious and karma, archetypes and deities, the analyst and the spiritual friend, and mandalas. Within Tibetan Buddhism she focuses on tantra and relates its emphasis on spiritual transformation, also a major concern of Jung. This expanded edition includes new material on the integration of the two traditions, and the importance of these paths of the heart in today's unsteady world.

essential Ken Wilber bookEssential Ken Wilber: An Instroductory Reader by Ken Wilber - "Precisely because the ego, the soul, and the Self can all be present simultaneously, we can better understand the real meaning of "egolessness," a notion that has caused an inordinate amount of confusion. But egolessness does not mean the absence of a functional self (that's a psychotic, not a sage); it means that one is no longer exclusively identified with that self."-Ken Wilber

 


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How to Practice "Non-Self" by Yutang Lin
http://www.purifymind.com/NonSelf.htm


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I don't understand 'No Self' in Buddhism? by Andre Vellino
http://dharma.ncf.ca/faqs/buddhismFAQ.html#noself

Indian Buddhism: A Survey with Bibliographical Notes - page 64 - Hajime Nakamura - book - This work presents a survey of Indian Buddhism with detailed bibliographical notes. The main text constitutes a general survey of the development of Indian Buddhism, and studies by scholars past and present are mentioned in full detail in copious footnotes with due evolutions. This work can be regarded, so to speak, as a development with revisions, of the Buddhist portion of M. Winternitz's History of Indian Literature. Major studies before and after Winternitz's work are exhaustively mentioned


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Japanese Buddhism - A counter example to the Nietzschean dualism
http://www.dwight.edu/academics/dp/EEs/Philosophy1.pdf

Japanese Zen Buddhist Philosophy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/japanese-zen/


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Meditating on No-Self - A Dhamma Talk by Sister Khema
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/khema/bl095.html


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Non-dualism and ideology - Ken Mcleod
http://musingsbyken.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html

Nondualism - wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism

Nondualism and Eastern Philosophy - wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nondualism#Nondualism_and_Eastern_philosophy

Non-Self and the True Self in the Buddha's Teachings by Tony Page
http://www.holisticshop.co.uk/articles/mahaparinirvana-sutra-buddha

No-self or Not-self? by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/thanissaro/notself2.html

No-Self Theory: Hume, Buddhism, and Personal Identity by James Giles
http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/james1.htm


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Overcoming Dualism
http://www.ecoeating.com/project02/css based website zen/pages/dualism.html


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psychotherapy and buddhism book Psychotherapy and Buddhism: Toward an Integration - page 69 - by Jeffrey Rubin - ''Highly recommended.'' ---Choice ''Buddhism is now part of the contemporary cultural landscape and no other non-Western tradition has made such a large contribution to the family of psychotherapies. Rubin has done a superb job reviewing that contribution, pointing out the perils, as well as the possibilities, and describes what it looks like in clinical life.'' ---American Journal of Psychotherapy There is currently a burgeoning interest in the relationship between the Western psychotherapeutic and Buddhist meditative traditions among therapists, researchers, and spiritual seekers. Psychotherapy and Buddhism initiates a conversation between these two modern methods of achieving greater self-understanding and peace of mind. Dr. Jeffrey B. Rubin explores how they might be combined to better serve patients in therapy and adherents to a spiritual way of life. He examines the strengths and limitations of each tradition through three contexts: the nature of self, conception of ideal health, and process of achieving optimal health. The volume features the first two cases of Buddhists in psychoanalytic treatment.


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self and non-self in early buddhism book Self & Non-Self in Early Buddhism by Joacquin Perez-Ramon -

 

 


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two truths in chinese buddhism book Two Truths in Chinese Buddhism - page 153 - by Shih Chang-Qing - "I took a great deal of courage and devotion for Teo to come halfway around the world to Bristol as an isolated Chinese Buddhist monk.We miss him. This book is the fruit of so many years of hard work well done." Paul, Williams

 


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Untying the Knots in Budhism: Selected Essays - page 237 - by Alex Wayman - book - The field of non-tantric Buddhism still has many problems and debated issues. The present volume has numerous solutions of these problems by the senior author Alex Wayman. The entire collection of essays is devoted to issues that concern present-day scholars of Buddhism in particular, but also specialists of Indian philosophy and religion in general.


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What is ego in Buddhism and how do I do away with it? by Merlyn Seeley
Articles/WhatIsEgo.Ego.html

What is "No Ego"? 
http://www.purifymind.com/drfu14.htm

wisdom, compassion, and understanding book Wisdom, Compassion, and the Search for Understanding - page 177 - by Gajin Nagao - The field of Buddhist studies is a truly international and interdisciplinary one. By its nature, the study of Buddhism must take into account phenomena that cross national and cultural boundaries, as well as the more artificual boundaries of modern academic fields. This volume presents eighteen studies, the subjects of which range over India, Tibet, China, and Japan, and deal with an even broader range of subjects. It includes many essays on Buddhist philosophy, a number of which deal with the Madhyamaka tradition of Nagarjuna and his successors, while others examine the Yogacara tradition of Asanga, Vasubandhu, and their succcessors. These essays investigate areas of doctrinal interest such as the so-called "Two Truth" theory and the doctrine of the equivalence of nirvana and samsara, as well as such topics as the nature and practice of compassion and Indian Buddhist cosmology.


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zen mind beginner's mind book Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki - A respected Zen master in Japan and founder of the San Francisco Zen Center, Shunryu Suzuki has blazed a path in American Buddhism like few others. He is the master who climbs down from the pages of the koan books and answers your questions face to face. If not face to face, you can at least find the answers as recorded in Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, a transcription of juicy excerpts from his lectures. From diverse topics such as transience of the world, sudden enlightenment, and the nuts and bolts of meditation, Suzuki always returns to the idea of beginner's mind, a recognition that our original nature is our true nature. With beginner's mind, we dedicate ourselves to sincere practice, without the thought of gaining anything special. Day to day life becomes our Zen training, and we discover that "to study Buddhism is to study ourselves." And to know our true selves is to be enlightened. --Brian Bruya

Book review and notes: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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