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Anātman (Non-Self)

Applies śūnyatā to the person; elucidated via the non-existence of a terminal object.

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Thinkers (2)

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  • Francisco Varela
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    Co-originator of autopoiesis concept and enactivist approaches to cognition and embodied mind.
  • Nāgārjuna
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    Founder of Madhyamaka philosophy; central to the paper's interpretation of the Xeno Sutra.

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Concepts (4)

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  • No-self (anātman)
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    Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent, independent self; only a stream of aggregates.
  • Śūnyatā (emptiness)
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    Central Buddhist concept: the lack of intrinsic reality in all things; evoked throughout the Xeno Sutra.
  • Terminal Object
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    Category-theoretic analogue of ātman; its non-existence in the phenomenal category elucidates non-self.
  • Five Aggregates (Skandhas)
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    Abhidharma decomposition of 'self' into form, sensation, perception, volition, consciousness; no fixed I found in any.

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