आत्मन् ātman
self
བདག་
bdag
我,灵魂
wǒ,\ línghún
Sanskrit - Noun
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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.
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Has the sense of
The notion of ātman is often equated with the Western notions of an eternal soul.
In other languages
Tibetan
བདག་
bdag
dak
Sanskrit
आत्मन्
ātman
Chinese
我, 灵魂
wǒ, línghún
Japanese
ga
Korean
a
How translators render it
selfBuddha-nature Standard, Jeffrey Hopkins
identityKarl Brunnhölzl
"self"Gyurme Dorje
In the dictionaries
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 Dictionary
essence, self-entity, identity.
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