anatta is often mistranslated as meaning "not having a self", but in reality meant "not the self". Wynne claims early Buddhist texts such as the Anattalakkhana Sutta do not deny that there is a self, stating that the five aggregates that are described as not self are not descriptions of a human being but descriptions of the human experience. Wynne and Gombrich both argue that the Buddha's statements on anattā were originally a "not-self" teaching that developed into a "no-self" teaching in later Buddhist thought. Thanissaro Bhikkhu points to the Ananda Sutta (SN 44.10), where the Buddha stays silent when asked whether there is a 'self' or not, as a major cause of the dispute. See also Anatta Angulimaliya Sutra Anguttara Nikaya Atman (Hinduism) Brahman Brahma-viharas Buddha-nature Digha Nikaya God in Buddhism Khuddaka Nikaya Kunjed Gyalpo Tantra Luminous mind Mahaparinirvana Sutra Samyutta Nikaya Self (spirituality) Shunyata Srimala Sutra Tathagatagarbha Sutra Three marks of existence Notes References Sources Further reading Hodge, Stephen (2009 & 2012). "The Textual Transmission of the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana-sutra", lecture at the University of Hamburg External links "Nirvana Sutra": full text of "Nirvana Sutra", plus appreciation of its teachings. "Tathagatagarbha Buddhism": key sutras of the Tathagatagarbha Buddhist tradition Buddhist philosophical concepts Conceptions of self Madhyamaka