Problem of personality in the context of buddhism epistomology

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of Buddhistic understanding of “I” and
personality in their interaction with the study of anatman of early Buddhistic
philosophy. Study of anatman is one of the most difficult problems in the Buddhistic
philosophy. Opinions of different modern researchers and buddhistic
philosophers on this issue are considered in the article. The author challenges the
established idea of a living being personality as of the system consisting of five
khandhas. Khandhas represent groups of dharmas which are ontological elements
which compile all things existent. In the author’s opinion the true personality in
Sarvastivada system of Buddhism views is a “nirvana personality” consisting of
three asamscrit-dharmas