Consequently, the belief in an inherently existing self or
I is considered in Buddhism to be a manifestation of ignorance
because a self that exists independently and of its
own accord is an untenable notion. Based on this interpretation
and from the Buddhist perspective, ignorance basically
means that a person is caught up in themselves and
that they interact with the world through the lens of selfhood.
They see the world in terms of a Bme^, a Bmine^, and
an BI^, and everything they think, say, and do is under the
jurisdiction of the ego.