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'''Selflessness''' (Skt. ''nairātmya''; Tib. ''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. ''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 16:04, 24 January 2011

Selflessness (Skt. nairātmya or anātman; Tib. 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

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