No-Self Talks

In Buddhism, the term anattā (Pali: 𑀅𑀦𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀸) is the doctrine of "non-self" – that no unchanging, permanent self exists, and is the absence of essence in any phenomenon. It is sometimes interpreted as a strategy to attain non-attachment by recognizing everything as impermanent, and staying silent on the ultimate existence of an unchanging essence. However, orthodox Theravāda, as presented in the Visuddhimagga, asserts that “This is mere mentality-materiality, there is no being, no person.” It further states: “The mental and material are really here, but here there is no human being to be found, for it is void and merely fashioned like a doll—just suffering piled up like grass and sticks.”

In contrast, dominant schools of Hinduism assert the existence of Ātman as pure awareness or witness-consciousness, "reify[ing] consciousness as an eternal self".

From Anattā on Wikipedia