What is a person (puggala)?

What is a person (*puggala*) in Buddhism? What is the difference between a person (*puggala*) and other terms like self (*atta*) and sentient being (*satta*)? Is a person (*puggala*) reborn into future lives? How do we reconcile the concept of person (*puggala*) with "*sabbe dhamma anatta*" (all phenomena is not self)? There was an ancient Buddhist philosophical school called Pudgalavada which posited the existence of a person (*puggala*) based on SN 22.22 , who has continued existence, experiences the result of his kamma, gets reborn and finally becomes liberated etc. Other Buddhist schools apparently criticized this view for being too close to self or *atman* / *atta*. > “And what, bhikkhus, is the carrier of the burden? It should be said: > the person (*puggala*), this venerable one of such a name and clan. This is called > the carrier of the burden. > SN 22.22 > One person (*ekapuggala*) roaming and transmigrating for > an eon would amass a heap of bones the size > of this Mount Vepulla, if they were gathered together and not lost. > SN 15.10