“What is this Self? Any phenomenon [dharma] that is true [satya], real [tattva], eternal [nitya], sovereign / autonomous / self-governing [aisvarya], and whose base / foundation is unchanging [asraya-aviparinama], is termed 'the Self' [ atman]. This is as in the case of the great Doctor who well understood the Milk medicine. The same is the case with the Tathagata. For the sake of all beings, he says 'there is the Self in all things'. Oh you of the four classes! Learn the Dharma thus!"
Read More on the Nirvana Sutra, Chapter 3 - On Grief.
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