Guilty or not guilty

Philosopher's Zone

English - June 24, 2018 07:30 - 25 minutes - 23 MB - ★★★★★ - 155 ratings
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Second in a two-part series on Indian philosophy. Buddhism teaches that the self is an illusion—so what do we do with self-conscious emotions like guilt and shame, which can put useful brakes on ethical misconduct? If there’s no self to be ashamed of, how should we understand the emotion? The answer lies in an ancient series of Indian Buddhist texts: the Abhidharma.