anatta

Translation

not self

Other Translations

not a soul

Background

Anattā is the insight that there is no permanent, unchanging "self," soul, or core identity at the center of our experience. Instead of a solid, fixed entity, what we call "I" is actually a dynamic, ever-shifting process of physical and mental conditions flowing together. You are not a static product, but a fluid, interconnected process.

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