selflessness; self-effacement
General term for forgetting oneself or acting without ego; often used in contexts of devotion, concentration, or altruism.
He devotes himself to volunteer work in a state of selflessness.
anatta; anatman; non-self
Buddhist doctrine that there is no permanent, unchanging self or soul; a core concept in Buddhist philosophy.
In Buddhism, the teaching of anatta is considered one of the fundamental concepts.
He threw himself completely into his work, forgetting himself entirely.
She continues her volunteer work with a spirit of selflessness.
忘我 describes a temporary trance or ecstatic loss of self-awareness, whereas 無我 refers to the broader philosophical ideal or state of having no fixed ego.
自我 is one's ego or sense of individual self, which 無我 denies or seeks to transcend.
losing oneself; being completely absorbed; forgetting oneself
state of complete self-effacement; trance
From Middle Chinese 無我 (mju nga), a Buddhist term translating Sanskrit anātman (अनात्मन्). The kanji 無 means 'without' and 我 means 'self'.