Sam Vara wrote: ↑Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:51 pm
Natthattā means "There is not a self".
I am suggesting it means "
the self does not exist", where the self is still taken to be real.
For example, in the annihilationist view, if it is believed: "my mother is dead, my mother does not exist", the maintaining of the self-view of "my mother" causes suffering because, even though it is believed "my mother does not/no longer exists", the mother is still conceived to be real. This is the same as when the Buddha said about Vacchagotta said: "
The self i formerly was no longer exists".
As i suggested, the term "natthatta" is probably a form of "vibhava" or "annihilationism" ("ucchedavāda)". Please try to transcend the dictionaries. What is this point of this subforum if it is just a "copy & paste the dictionary" subforum?