The most interesting part of this week’s reading is anatman and the five aggregates. Anatman is the idea of “no-self” and/or “selflessness”. This means that there is no unchanging, eternal soul. Anatman derives from impermanence and dependent origination. Impermanence states that nothing is eternal and nothing is unchanged. Everything changes from moment to moment which refers back to the idea of anatman which states there is no permanent eternal self. Dependent origin states that nothing exists in an absolute sense, all things exist in relation to other things. For example, when condition A exists, effect B arises, however, when condition A doesn’t exist, effect B doesn’t arise. This teaching destabilizes the source of craving and therefore
