anatman

Definitions

noun Buddhism The docrine that there is no transcendental ego or soul; that the perceived true self is an illusion. Corresponds to the Hinayana or Theravada Buddhist doctrine of anattā.

Negation prefixed to atman, from Sanskrit आत्म‍ (Ātmā, "wind, breath, soul"), from Proto-Indo-European (compare Old English ǣþm ("breath")).

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The doctrine of anatman has nothing to do with communism.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More Influential Books 2010
The doctrine of anatman has nothing to do with communism.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More Influential Books 2010
Explaining reincarnatin as karma as anatman the doctrine of the insubstianitiality of the self usually sets my questioner's eyes aglaze.

5 questions, answered... Mumon 2005
Hinduism and Christianity abstracted the soul from the body, Buddhism, through its doctrine of anatman, avoided such separation.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas CARL T. JACKSON 1968
Carus rejected the widespread interpretation that Buddha had denied the existence of the soul in his anatman doctrine; rather Buddha had denied the separateness of soul or consciousness from its physical vessel.

Dictionary of the History of Ideas CARL T. JACKSON 1968
The prefix "an" negates, so the actual meaning of anatman is different from soul, self, spirit, and it is - oddly, the anatman which incarnates * NOT* reincarnates,

Progressive Bloggers 2009
One aspect of anatman is a denial of transtemporal identity.

thinkBuddha.org 2009
One aspect of anatman is a denial of transtemporal identity.

thinkBuddha.org 2009
One of the most basic, most essential, and most difficult teachings of Buddhism is anatman or anatta -- no soul.

The Buddhist Channel 2008
I was attacked by a Buddhist gang who disassembled me into 5 skandhas using their anatman doctrine.

Sadly, No! 2008