The Idea of Anatman

The idea of anatman is firstly that the ego is unreal. There isn't one. Your ego has absolutely nothing to do with the way you color your eyes, shape your body and circulate your blood. That's the real you, but it's certainly not your ego because you don't even know how it's done from the standpoint of your conscious attention. The second of the four noble truths is then called Krishna. Krishna is a Sanskrit word again and is the root of our word first and it's usually translated desire, but it is better translated, clinging, stabbing or there's an excellent modern American slangy word, hang up. As for example, what we call smother love