Mil 3.5.6 Soul
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Miln 3.5.6: Soul [1]
The king asked: "Venerable Nagasena, is a soul to be found?"
The elder replied: "According to ultimate reality, your majesty, a soul is not to be found."
"You are clever, venerable Nagasena."
Note
1. Vedaguu: a "knower," permanent subject of experience, soul. Vedaguu is an interesting word, originally a brahmanical term related to mastery of the Vedas. The Buddha appropriated it to mean "one who has attained highest knowledge," i.e., synonymous with "arahant." However, as the PED notes: "A peculiar meaning of vedaguu is that of 'soul' (lit. attainer of wisdom) at Miln 54 & 71."