| Key Term | dak nyi chen |
|---|---|
| In Tibetan Script | བདག་ཉིད་ཅན་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration | bdag nyid can |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script | आत्मक |
| Romanized Sanskrit | ātmaka |
| Tibetan Phonetic Rendering | dak nyi chen |
| Richard Barron's English Term | true characteristic |
| Definitions | |
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.
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.