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A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism

Ātman (Sk.) Attā (P.)

The Supreme SELF; Universal Consciousness; Ultimate Reality.

The Divine element in man, degraded into idea of an entity dwelling in the heart of each man, the thinker of his thoughts, and doer of his deeds, and after death dwelling in bliss or misery according to deeds done in the body. For Buddhist attitude to Ātman conception see Anattā. (See Self, Soul.)

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ĀTman (Sk.) Attā from A Popular Dictionary of Buddhism. ISBN: 0-203-98616-4. Published: 12-16-1997. ©2009 Taylor and Francis. All rights reserved.



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