A lengthy series of questions addressed to Nāgasena by Milinda provides an argument against the existence of this concept. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this concept referred to by the word ātman.
ANSWER: self [or attā; accept soul; accept personal identity]
[10h] In the dialogue between Nāgasena and Milinda, an analogy is drawn between the various parts of these objects and the self. In Plato’s Phaedrus, an allegory involving one of these objects is used to represent the tripartite soul.
ANSWER: chariots [accept chariot allegory]
[10e] Thích Nhất Hạnh (“tick n’yut hahn”) interprets one of these texts titled for the heart as saying that form is empty of a separate self. The second basket of the Tripiṭaka is a collection of these canonical Buddhist teachings.
ANSWER: sutras [or suttas; accept Heart Sutra; accept Sutta Piṭaka or Sutra Piṭaka or Suttanta Piṭaka]
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