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'''Selflessness''' (Skt. ''nairātmya'' or ''anātman''; Tib. [[བདག་མེད་པ་]], ''dakmé'' [[Wyl.]] ''bdag med'') — the absence of a permanent, unitary, independent identity, both in [[selflessness of the individual|individuals]] and in [[selflessness of phenomena|phenomena]]. | '''Selflessness''' (Skt. ''nairātmya'' or ''anātman''; Tib. [[བདག་མེད་པ་]], ''dakmé'', [[Wyl.]] ''bdag med'') — the absence of a permanent, unitary, independent identity, both in [[selflessness of the individual|individuals]] and in [[selflessness of phenomena|phenomena]]. | ||
==Alternative Translations== | ==Alternative Translations== | ||
Revision as of 06:58, 31 January 2018
Selflessness (Skt. nairātmya or anātman; Tib. བདག་མེད་པ་, dakmé, Wyl. bdag med) — the absence of a permanent, unitary, independent identity, both in individuals and in phenomena.
Alternative Translations
- egolessness
- indentitylessness
- no-self
- absence/lack of true existence
- insubstantiality
Further Reading
- Khenpo Ngawang Pelzang, A Guide to the Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, published by Shambhala Publications, ISBN 1-59030-073-4, pages 210-219
- Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa, The Great Treatise On The Stages Of The Path To Enlightenment, Vol. 3, Chapters 22, 23 & 24. Snow Lion, ISBN 1-55939-166-9
