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|Glossary-HoverChoices=personal self; the self; ātman; bdag; བདག་; self of persons; a self | |Glossary-HoverChoices=personal self; the self; ātman; bdag; བདག་; self of persons; a self | ||
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|Glossary-EnglishJH=self | |Glossary-EnglishJH=self | ||
|Glossary-EnglishGD="self" | |Glossary-EnglishGD="self" | ||
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | |Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit | ||
|Glossary-Definition=Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence svabhāva of phenomena. | |Glossary-Definition=Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence svabhāva of phenomena. | ||
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|Glossary-RelatedTerms=anātman;svabhāva | |Glossary-RelatedTerms=anātman;svabhāva | ||
|Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 78: In Sanskrit, “self’ or “I,” with a similar range of meanings as the terms possess in English, but used especially to refer to a perduring substratum of being that is the agent of actions, the possessor of mind and body (nāmarūpa), and that passes from lifetime to lifetime. | |Glossary-DefinitionPDB=See page 78: In Sanskrit, “self’ or “I,” with a similar range of meanings as the terms possess in English, but used especially to refer to a perduring substratum of being that is the agent of actions, the possessor of mind and body (nāmarūpa), and that passes from lifetime to lifetime. | ||
|Glossary-EnglishRY=essence, self-entity, identity. | |||
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Revision as of 17:34, 12 October 2020
| Key Term | ātman |
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| Hover Popup Choices | personal self; the self; ātman; bdag; བདག་; self of persons; a self |
| In Tibetan Script | བདག་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | bdag |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | आत्मन् |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | dak |
| Chinese Script | 我; 灵魂 |
| Chinese Pinyin | wǒ; línghún |
| Japanese Transliteration | ga |
| Korean Transliteration | a |
| English Standard | self |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term | identity |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | self |
| Gyurme Dorje's English Term | "self" |
| Term Type | Noun |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | Though it can simply be used as the expression "I" or "me", in Indian thought the notion of self refers to a permanent, unchanging entity, such as that which passes from life to life in the case of people, or the innate essence svabhāva of phenomena. |
| Has the Sense of | The notion of ātman is often equated with the Western notions of an eternal soul. |
| Related Terms | anātman;svabhāva |
| Definitions | |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | See page 78: In Sanskrit, “self’ or “I,” with a similar range of meanings as the terms possess in English, but used especially to refer to a perduring substratum of being that is the agent of actions, the possessor of mind and body (nāmarūpa), and that passes from lifetime to lifetime. |
| Rangjung Yeshe's English Term | essence, self-entity, identity. |