無我

むが
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1

Selflessness or the state of losing self-centered awareness—free from ego, desires, or personal attachment (as in 'a state of self-forgetfulness').

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演奏に集中して無我の境地に入った。

I concentrated on the performance and entered a state of selflessness.

ボランティアは無我の精神で働くことが求められる。

Volunteers are expected to work with a spirit of selflessness.

修行の目的は無我を体得することだとされることが多い。

The goal of practice is often considered to be attaining selflessness.

2

In Buddhism, 'anatta' (non-self)—the doctrine that humans do not possess an unchanging soul or self.

NounBuddhism

Examples

仏教では無我の教えが中心的な概念の一つだ。

In Buddhism, the teaching of non-self is one of the central concepts.

『諸行無常、諸法無我』という言葉は無我の思想を表している。

The phrase 'all formations are impermanent; all phenomena are non-self' expresses the idea of non-self.

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