‘Asoulity’ as Translation of Anattā: Absence, not Negation

This paper seeks how best to capture in English the Buddha’s concept of anattā. First, the Brahmanic concepts of anātman and ātman are contrasted with the concepts of anattā and attā in Buddhism. Pointing out that the prefix a- in anattā is used by the Buddha in the sense of ‘absence’ rather than ‘n...

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Main Author: Sugunasiri, Suwanda (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Simon Fraser University, David See Chai Lam Centre for International Communication 2011
In: Canadian Journal of Buddhist Studies
Year: 2011, Volume: 7, Pages: 101-134
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