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**Vigeommighica** · 08-29-2010, 08:18 AM

What does it mean: having no self (anatta)?

One of the first stumbling blocks that Westerners often encounter when they learn about Buddhism is the teaching on anatta, often translated as no-self. Read here: "the answer":

No-self or Not-self?", by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, June 5, 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...notself2.html.

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Vigeommighica Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 405 Senior Member	No self. What does it mean: having no self (anatta)? One of the first stumbling blocks that Westerners often encounter when they learn about Buddhism is the teaching on anatta, often translated as no-self. Read here: "the answer": No-self or Not-self?", by Thanissaro Bhikkhu. Access to Insight, June 5, 2010, http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...notself2.html. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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