Hello Jundo, Taigu and others.

I've been away for a while but I'd be very interested to get your take on something.

Free will is something that most people take for granted most of the time. They believe themselves to be 'persons' who make free decisions and choices and control what happens.

Buddhism, however, teaches that their is no self and I got to thinking that if there is no self there is no doer and if there is no doer then there are no people, decisions, choices or control over what happens.

All we can say is that there is consciousness/awareness in which actions arise, but they are not done by any individuals. Likewise, thinking arises but there is no 'thinker', there is hearing but there is no 'hearer' etc. Is it not so?

Gassho,

David