Parent:: [[Tilakkhana|Tilakkhaṇa]] Related:: [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]], [[Atta]], [[Pancupadanakkhandha|Pañcupādānakkhandhā]] # Anatta — There is no "Person" or "Personality" > [!INFO] What is meant by Anatta? > - There is no **"Person"** or **"Personality"** in the [[Pancupadanakkhandha|5 Aggregates]] > - i.e. it is **"Essenceless"** (Asāra) and harmful to consider something as **"me and mine"** ## The [[Pancupadanakkhandha|5 Aggregates]] are Anatta ![[MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta#^5-aggregates-11-types]] > [!hint] Difference between "==etaṁ mama==", "==esohamasmi==", and "==eso me attā=="? > - ***etaṁ mama*** (mine) = **"this is mine"** > - it's [[Tanha|Taṇhā]] or craving > - ***eso aham*** (I) ***asmi*** (conceit, or "I am", as in "[[Mana|Asmi-māna]]") = **"this belongs to me"** > - it's [[Mana|Māna]] or conceit > - ***eso me*** (indeed) ***attā*** (myself) = **"this is indeed myself"** > - it's [[Samma Ditthi|Diṭṭhi]] or views ^etan-mama-etc ### Anicca -> Dukkha -> Anatta ![[SN22.45 Aniccasutta#^anicca-dukkha-anatta]] ![[SN22.59 Anattalakkhaṇasutta#^anicca-dukkha-anatta]] ## What about "No Self"? > [!warning] What about "No Self"? > - The Pali word *Anatta* does **NOT** mean ***"no self"*** — which is instead meant by the Sanskrit word ***"Anatman"*** ### 2 Wrong Views: An Essential "Self" Exists, or NOT Exist ![[SN44.10 Ānandasutta#^self-exists-or-not-exists]] ## All 6 [[Dhatu|Dhātu]] is not "Me" and "Mine" ![[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta#^pathavi-dhatu]] ## [[Sakkaya-ditthi|Sakkāya-diṭṭhi]] — View of "Me" and "Mine" ![[MN44 Cūḷavedallasutta#^sakkhaya-ditthi-hoti]] ## [[Nibbana|Nibbāna]] is the End of Identification ![[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta#^identification-stops]] ## Suttas - [[SN22.59 Anattalakkhaṇasutta]] - [[SN22.45 Aniccasutta]] - [[MN62 Mahārāhulovādasutta]] - [[MN140 Dhātuvibhaṅgasutta]] - [[SN44.10 Ānandasutta]] - Buddha rejected both of Vacchagotta's questions when he asked if the self "exists", or "not exists" — indicating both are wrong views that falls into one of the 2 extremes.