The Buddha’s Vision of Reality In the quiet of his awakening, the Buddha saw that all things — the body, the mind, even the mountains and stars — are without self . What we call a “self” or an “object” is not an independent thing but a collection of conditions : arising, changing, and dissolving in endless flow. This insight is called anattā , the principle of non-self . It means that in the deepest truth, there is no “me,” no “you,” and no “thing” that stands alone. Everyth