Dear Dhamma Friends,

I was wondering if in the pali texts we find also nairatmya as a synonimous
of annatta.
Interesting is that as far as I know nairatmya would mean the "absence of
self" or "selflessness".
I was thinking how this two words were been used in the texts, if would be
some major difference etc.

I ask that because I have the feeling that the Buddha didn't conclude that
there was no "self at all"...I think this would be one of the extremes of
"existence" and "no-existence". He would just negate the conception of self
existent at his time, so annatta.

Is that right?

Warm regards,
tenphel

On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Nina van Gorkom <vangorko@...> wrote:

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> Dear DC,
> Thank you for your contribution. The sutta is in the beginning of
> the Mahaavagga. It is a perfect explanation of anattaa.
> Nina.
> Op 16-apr-2010, om 20:20 heeft dcwijeratna het volgende geschreven:
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> > The definition of anatta is given in the anattalakkhanasutta, the
> > second discourse of the Buddha. See Vinaya Mahavagga, I. B. Horner.
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