As far as I understand, “the (mistaken) belief in a permanent self or soul” is one of the Ten Fetters that one must break free of in order to achieve the stages of enlightenment.
Right but that translation gets at what I mean, ‘the mistaken belief in a permanent soul’ doesn’t seem the same at all as ‘the self doesn’t exist’.
As far as I understand, “the (mistaken) belief in a permanent self or soul” is one of the Ten Fetters that one must break free of in order to achieve the stages of enlightenment.
Right but that translation gets at what I mean, ‘the mistaken belief in a permanent soul’ doesn’t seem the same at all as ‘the self doesn’t exist’.