Definition of "anatta" []

• The idea that there is no separate self or soul; egolessness. (noun)

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• "I don't think this interpretation is wrong, but I think the poem (also) is deeper and more literal than that, reflecting what Buddhists call anatta, "not-self," the discovery that the personal self that we usually call "me" has no more substantial existence than the moon reflected on the surface of a lake."
• "The Buddhists have this nifty concept called anatta, or no-self."
• "With­out the discipline of mindfulness, a doctrine such as anatta would make no sense."