没ぼつ我が

noun

selflessness; self-effacement; self-abandonment

A somewhat formal or literary term, often used in philosophical, religious, or artistic contexts to describe a state of losing oneself or transcending the ego. Not an everyday word for 'unselfishness'.

• 禅ぜんの修しゅ行ぎょうでは、没ぼつ我がの境きょう地ちに達たっすることが理り想そうとされる。

  In Zen practice, reaching a state of selflessness is considered the ideal.

• 彼かれの演えん奏そうには完かん全ぜんな没ぼつ我ががあり、聴ちょう衆しゅうを魅み了りょうした。

  His performance had a total self-abandonment that captivated the audience.