Buddha Desana
And Essential Principles of Enlightenment
by Sayadaw U Pannadipa | 1998 | 17,153 words
Aggamaha Saddhamma Jotika Dhaja Dean, Faculty of Patipatti, I T B M U, Yangon 1998...
On the whole, there are in the world of mankind, only two views or concepts, namely Soul (Atta) and No-soul (Annata). Of these two views, the one expounded by the Buddha through His Supreme Enlightenment is the No-Soul (Anatta ) view. The rest of mankind generally hold the view of eternal Soul or God (Atta ) under various denominations.
Of all soul-views, the one held by the Hindus is quite like others. The Hindu system believes in the cosmic law of action-and-reaction governed by cause-effect righteousness (Kammavipaka). Other systems of Soul or God (Atta) have no faith in the law of Kamma formations.