Not-self

anattā

Insight (vipassanā) Core — needs to be understood Stage 7 of 8

Not-self; without a lasting core that one could own or command.

On the path: 7 · Insight and letting go — What has to be seen directly for clinging to end? Arising and passing away, the three characteristics, disenchantment, ceasing, letting go. → to this stage in the learning path

In the map of the teaching: DN 34 · Groups of seven · Bringing forth · DN 34 · Groups of nine · Bringing forth · DN 34 · Groups of ten · Bringing forth · DN 33 · dn33:2.3.24

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The sixteen vipassanā ñāṇas Vipassanā / Visuddhimagga
Citta, sati-sampajañña and dependent origination Abhidhamma · paṭiccasamuppāda (source version)
The four satipaṭṭhānas Satipaṭṭhāna
The fivefoldness of the one reality Comparative · Theravāda – Vajrayāna – Śaivism
Intention and clear comprehension — satipaṭṭhāna and cetanā Satipaṭṭhāna · cetanā
The threshold of the path Theravāda Abhidhamma · anuloma–gotrabhū–magga–phala
What Nibbāna is not Nibbāna (part 3)

Across all traditions

Passages where anattā occurs literally — in the original, and, where a German translation of the same lines exists, in German.

Tipiṭaka · Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.59 Primary passage

Verbundene Lehrreden 22.59 6. Das Kapitel über Verwicklung Das Kennzeichen dessen, was ohne Selbst ist Einmal hielt sich der Buddha bei Varanasi auf, im Wildpark bei Isipatana. Da wandte sich der Buddha an die Gruppe der fünf Mönche: „Mönche!“ „Ehrwürdiger Herr“, antworteten sie. Der Buddha sagte: „Mönche, Form ist ohne Selbst. Denn wenn Form das Selbst wäre, würde sie nicht zu Beschwerden führen. Und man könnte die Form veranlassen: ‚Meine Form sei so! Meine Form sei nicht so!‘ Weil aber Form ohne Selbst ist, führt sie zu Beschwerden. Und man kann die Form nicht veranlassen: ‚Meine Form sei so! Meine Form sei nicht so!‘ Gefühl ist ohne Selbst … Wahrnehmung ist ohne Selbst … …

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Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.59 6. Upayavagga Anattalakkhaṇasutta Ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā bārāṇasiyaṁ viharati isipatane migadāye. Tatra kho bhagavā pañcavaggiye bhikkhū āmantesi: “bhikkhavo”ti. “Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ. Bhagavā etadavoca: “Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, anattā. Rūpañca hidaṁ, bhikkhave, attā abhavissa, nayidaṁ rūpaṁ ābādhāya saṁvatteyya, labbhetha ca rūpe: ‘evaṁ me rūpaṁ hotu, evaṁ me rūpaṁ mā ahosī’ti. Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ anattā, tasmā rūpaṁ ābādhāya saṁvattati, na ca labbhati rūpe: ‘evaṁ me rūpaṁ hotu, evaṁ me rūpaṁ mā ahosī’ti. Vedanā anattā. Vedanā ca hidaṁ, bhikkhave, attā abhavissa, nayidaṁ vedanā ābādhāya saṁvatteyya, labbhetha ca vedanāya: ‘evaṁ me vedanā …

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Tipiṭaka · sn22.14 · English

Sāvatthinidānaṁ. At Sāvatthī. In Sāvatthī. “Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, anattā, vedanā anattā, saññā anattā, saṅkhārā anattā, viññāṇaṁ anattā. “Mendicants, form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness are not-self. „Mönche und Nonnen, Form, Gefühl, Wahrnehmung, Willensbildungsprozesse und Bewusstsein sind ohne Selbst. Evaṁ passaṁ, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako rūpasmimpi nibbindati, vedanāyapi nibbindati, saññāyapi nibbindati, saṅkhāresupi nibbindati, viññāṇasmimpi nibbindati. Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned with form, feeling, perception, choices, and consciousness.

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Logic & epistemology · Tattvasaṃgraha · Sanskrit

3443. (ca*)(śūnya-)(anātman-)(ādi-)(bhāvikatvam, n. 1st s.)(rūpasya, n. 6th s.)(sādhitam, n. 1st s.)(tena, n. 3rd s.)(udbhūteḥ, f. 5th s.)(bhāvanā-)(bhūta-)(artha-)(tat, n. 1st s.)(matam, n. 1st s.)(pramāṇam, n. 1st s.)

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