Publish Date:2023-05-11
“No actor” means that there is nothing coming and going between a cause and its effect. Believers of the theory of Dependent Origination hold that cause gives rise to effect but deny that cause turns into effect. Take, for example, the passing of light or fire from one lantern to another. The flame of lantern B is engendered by that of lantern A. it is not that, the flame of A transferred to B. Thus, though Buddhism holds to the doctrine of reincarnation within the six-old path, Buddhism denies that there is a soul moving or transferring from one animate being to the seed of another. This idea is an extension of the principle of Anatta (egolessness) and will be elaborated later. (From Essentials of Buddhism: Questions and Answers)
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