Of course not.mikenz66 wrote:While I find Ven Thanissaro's teachings interesting and useful, I don't think that his opinion on this issue (and a number of other issues) can be considered as the consensus view of the Theravada community.
Like I said earlier- "You're asserting that ontologically, there is no self. That is indeed the position of Classical Theravada. I am sure you are aware that there is an ongoing discussion of how accurate this is in regard to the Pali Canon, and about the problems that arise from a definitive no-self view."
That "there is an ongoing discussion" is putting it mildly. There is a full-blown controversy. People are sometimes getting verbally kicked in the head for asserting that the Buddha never said there is no ontological self. Even just failure to be impressed with the no-self doctrine makes one utterly suspect in the eyes of some self-identified Buddhists.