Perhaps the deepest puzzle of Buddhist practice is the apparent contradiction between the concept of no self—no inherent unchanging, independent “me,” . . .
. . . and at the same time our experience of our own agency, being responsible for our choices, and accumulating good or bad kamma as a result.
If there is no me, who is deciding to take this action; if there is no me who is the “owner and inheritor of my Kamma” ?
Darryl guided our investigation of these questions, drawing on a talk by Ajahn Sucitto, who invites us to see that we usually investigate this paradox by starting from a false premise — and then invites us to step into the freedom that arises when such self-deception drops away.
You can listen to the talk here: Ajahn Sucitto : Doing, not-doing – entering causality
