ABSTRACT
This chapter illustrates the main arguments the Buddhists advance against the notion of self, taking into consideration both the standard criticism the tradition has voiced against it over the centuries and the particular shape these arguments assume in the Pratyabhijñā literature. Accordingly, the chapter discusses the two main arguments Buddhism has deployed against selfhood—the arguments from impermanence and from control—together with the specific critiques Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta attribute to the Buddhists in their works.
