Any and all Selves

[Gabriel]

I started a different topic to move the Jainism-Brahmanism discussion there:

Self/Soul in Jainism & Brahmanism vs Buddhism

This topic is intended as a source collection and comparison of Buddhist and Jain and Brahmin ideas related to terms that over time have been identified with ‘self’ or ‘soul’ - be it ātman, brahman, jīva, or viññaṇā. It will be especially interesting where these different traditions actually become similar. There is not much need to indulge in the well-known bullet points: Buddhism says not-soul Brahmanism says eternal universal soul Jainism promotes non-violence and self-mortification for l…