anātman
Sign in to saveIn Buddhism, the term anattā () is the doctrine of "non-self" – that no unchanging, permanent self exists, and is the absence of essence in any phenomenon. While often interpreted as a doctrine denying the existence of a self, anatman is more accurately described as a strategy to attain non-attachment by recognizing everything as impermanent, while staying silent on the ultimate existence of an unchanging essence. In contrast, dominant schools of Hinduism assert the existence of Ātman as pure awareness or witness-consciousness, "reify[ing] consciousness as an eternal self".
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- Buddhist term.title
- Anatta
- Buddhist term.en
- Not self, nonself
- Buddhist term.pi Latn
- anatta
- Buddhist term.sa
- अनात्मन्
- Buddhist term.sa Latn
- anātman
- Buddhist term.bo
- བདག་མེད་པ
- Buddhist term.bo Latn
- bdag med
- Buddhist term.ko
- 무아
- Buddhist term.ko Latn
- mua
- Buddhist term.zh
- 無我
- Buddhist term.zh Latn
- wúwǒ
- Buddhist term.ja
- 無我
- Buddhist term.ja Latn
- muga
- Buddhist term.vi
- vô ngã
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23 sectionsContents
- Etymology and nomenclature
- In early Buddhism
- In early Buddhist texts
- No denial of self
- Developing the self
- Karma, rebirth and anattā
- In Theravada Buddhism
- Traditional views
- Current disputes
- Anātman in Mahayana Buddhism
- Nāgārjuna
- Yogācāra
- Tathāgatagarbha Sutras: Buddha is True Self
- Vajrayāna
- Difference between Buddhism and Hinduism
- Atman in Hinduism
- Anatman and Niratman
- Correspondence in Pyrrhonism
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- External links
In Buddhism, the term anattā () is the doctrine of "non-self" – that no unchanging, permanent self exists, and is the absence of essence in any phenomenon. While often interpreted as a doctrine denying the existence of a self, anatman is more accurately described as a strategy to attain non-attachment by recognizing everything as impermanent, while staying silent on the ultimate existence of an unchanging essence. In contrast, dominant schools of Hinduism assert the existence of Ātman as pure awareness or witness-consciousness, "reify[ing] consciousness as an eternal self".
== Etymology and nomenclature == Anattā is a composite Pali word consisting of an (not) and attā (self-existent essence). The term refers to the central Buddhist concept that there is no phenomenon that has a permanent, unchanging "self" or essence. It is one of the Three Marks of Existence, along with dukkha ("suffering, dissatisfaction") and anicca ("impermanence").