The basic understanding of anatta, or ‘no-self’ – the absence of an inherently existing self – is one of the most difficult concepts to work with. A mistaken view of self is said to be more harmful than greed or even hatred, because even those states are rooted in this basic illusion. Our experience of self is central to how we go about in the world, and all kinds of unskillful actions come out of an incorrect understanding of it.
