selflessness; self-effacement
General term for forgetting oneself or acting without ego; often used in contexts of devotion, concentration, or altruism.
He threw himself completely into his work, forgetting himself entirely.
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.
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.
From Middle Chinese 無我 (mju nga), a Buddhist term translating Sanskrit anātman (अनात्मन्). The kanji 無 means 'without' and 我 means 'self'.