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    3. 無我

    無我

    無む我が

    selflessness

    KMT10News #43+1Ref L2NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    むが

    Noun

    1.
    selflessness, self-effacement, self-renunciation
    2.
    anatta, anatman, doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
    Buddhism

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    彼かれは無む我がの境きょう地ちで仕し事ごとに取とり組くんだ。

    He tackled his work with a selfless mindset.

    KMT8Work & Career
    瞑めい想そうによって無む我がの境きょう地ちに至いたることを目め指ざす。

    One aims to reach a state of selflessness through meditation.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology
    仏ぶっ教きょうにおける無む我がの思し想そうは、個この執しゅう着ちゃくからの解かい放ほうを説とく。

    The Buddhist concept of anatta preaches liberation from individual attachment.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    禅ぜんの修しゅ行ぎょうでは、無む我がの境きょう地ちを体たい験けんすることが重じゅう要よう視しされる。

    In Zen training, experiencing a state of selflessness is considered important.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    無む我がの精せい神しんで他た者しゃに奉ほう仕しすることは、真しんの喜よろこびをもたらす。

    Serving others with a selfless spirit brings true joy.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    無
    な.い…(2)
    nothingness・none・ain't・nothing・nil…(1)
    我
    われ・わ・わ.が-・わが-…(4)
    ego・I・selfish・our・oneself
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