Anattā / No-Self
There is no fixed self, only a changing stream of the five aggregates.
What it claims
Anattā, or no-self, is one of Buddhism's three characteristics. It denies that anything is a permanent, independent self (ātman) exercising control. The target is not personhood but an underlying substance supposedly owning the person.
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Key thinkers
Gautama Buddha · Nāgasena · Vasubandhu · Steven Collins · Mark Siderits · Derek Parfit