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lack of an impossible "soul"

TECHNICAL TERM DETAILS (English)

Term lack of an impossible "soul"

Referenced by:
impossible "soul," lack of (cross-reference only)
selflessness (alternative term)
identitylessness (alternative term)
lack of true identity (alternative term)
lack of an impossible soul (cross-reference only)
Tibetan bdag-med
Sanskrit anatman
Pali
Definition (1) With respect to the five aggregate factors of an individual being, the total absence (voidness) of something findable inside the aggregates that is static, a partless monad, separable from the body and mind, and self-sufficiently knowable. (2) With respect to all validly knowable phenomena, the total absence (voidness) of an impossible mode of existence that establishes the existence of a phenomenon by the power of something findable inside that phenomenon. Often translated by others as "selflessness" or "identitylessness."

TRANSLATION (Russian)

Translation отсутствие невозможной души
Definition

OTHER TRANSLATIONS

Arabic انعدام "الروح" المستحيلة
German Nichtvorhandensein einer unmöglichen "Seele"
Jeffrey Hopkins En, Ti... [self-not exist]; selflessness; selfless
Russian отсутствие невозможной души
Vietnamese vô ngã